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Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion)
Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition - Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
Author: Jonathan Morris Augustine
Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as sacred objects. In Japan, it was believed that those ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415646291
ISBN-10: 0415646294
Publication Date: 7/13/2012
Pages: 184
Edition: 1
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