Genshin's Ōjōyōshū And the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan (Pure Land Buddhist Studies)
by Robert F. Rhodes
Buddhism for Beginners
by C Alexander Simpkins and Annellen Simpkins
Antike und Urchristentum (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, #436)
by Samuel Vollenweider
Samuel Vollenweider bettet die urchristliche Literatur und ihre Theologien konsequent in ihre antike Umgebung ein. Die hier behandelte Landkarte umfasst theologische Zentralthemen wie die Auferstehung Jesu und der Toten, den christologischen Monotheismus, Christi Mittlerschaft, die Anthropologie und das Weltverstandnis des Neuen Testamens. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit gilt der Theologie des Paulus, zumal dem Philipperbrief, sowie dem Stellenwert der antiken Philosophie im fruhen Christentum. Weitere...
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Ritualized Writing (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, #27)
by Bryan D. Lowe
Ritualized Writing takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival sources that have received scant attention in English, primarily documents from an eighth-century Japanese scriptorium and colophons from sutra manuscripts, Bryan D. Lowe uncovers the ways in which the transcription of Buddhist scripture was a highly ritualized endeavor. He takes a ground-level approach by emphasizing the activities and beliefs of a wide range of individuals, incl...
Korean Buddhism
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Buddhism in Burma
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Dogen (1200-1253) was the founder of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan, and as such one of the most notable figures in Japanese religious history. In this book, Steven Heine attempts to clarify how and when Dogen's various works were composed and compiled in relation to the unfolding of Dogen's career. In addition to presenting Heine's own innovative interpretation of Dogen's life and work, this book performs a valuable service by bringing cutting edge Japanese scholarship on Dogen to the attention of...
The Vajra Rosary Tantra (Vajramalatantra) - By Vajradhara
by David R. Kittay
This is a study and first complete English translation of the Vajra Rosary Tantra (Skt. Vajramala, Tib. rdo rje phreng ba), one of the key Explanatory Tantras of the Secret Community (Skt. Guhyasamaja) and other Tantric systems. The text describes how, after the prerequisite preparations and realizations of the bodhisattva path, through further intense, lengthy, and subtle practices of meditation and other activities, one can become a completely enlightened buddha. The Tantra contains a detailed...
Beginning with the events immediately following the dark days after the death of Shakyamuni and continuing over a period of 1,000 years, this dynamic tome covers a vast and complex series of events and developments in the history of Buddhism. Through a thorough examination of its early development in India, a new light is cast on little-known aspects of Buddhist history and its relevance to the understanding of Buddhism today. Topics include the formation of the Buddhist canon, the cultural exch...
Bhaviveka and His Buddhist Opponents (Harvard Oriental, v. 70) (Harvard Oriental (HUP))
by Malcolm David Eckel
Bhaviveka (ca. 500-560 CE) lived at a time of unusual creativity and ferment in the history of Indian Buddhist philosophy. The Mahayana movement was emerging as a vigorous and self-conscious intellectual force, while the earlier traditions of the eighteen 'schools' (nikaya) resisted the authority of the Mahayana and continued to elaborate the fundamental concepts of Buddhist thought. Bhaviveka's "Verses on the Heart of the Middle Way" ("Madhyamakahrdayakarika") with their commentary, known as "T...
In this study, Scott C. Ryan situates Paul's letter to the Romans as one voice among a number of Jewish voices that frame God as a divine warrior. He first investigates motifs related to divine conflict in Exodus 14-15, Amos, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 7-12, along with 1 Enoch, Psalms of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon, the War Scroll, and 4 Ezra. The author then places Romans in dialogue with the works of Paul's predecessors and near contemporaries. When Romans and these Jewish texts are placed alo...