Miracles of Book and Body: Buddhist Textual Culture and Medieval Japan (Buddhisms)

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2011
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For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra).

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For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra).

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 25 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 0520265610
ISBN 13: 9780520265615

Miracles of Book and Body: Buddhist Textual Culture and Medieval Japan (Buddhisms)

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