Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780415646291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 184 str.

Jonathan Morris Augustine

Opis

Readership of this text will be scholars of Japanese history and religion but the text will also appeal to a wider audience interested in social issues, charitable institutes and hagiography in general.

Recenzje

'Augus-tine’s attention to detail and his use of intricate evidence to support his arguments make Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan an intriguing venture into how to read and appreciate Buddhist hagiography ' - Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2008

Spis treści

Introduction: Uncovering the Lives of Gyoki 1. The Received Biography of Gyoki 2. The Historicity of Gyoki's Accounts 3. Gyoki and the Soniryo: Violations of Early Monastic Regulations in Japan 4. Gyoki and the Politics of the Nara Court 5. Gyoki's Charitable Projects 6. The Development of Gyoki Biographies 7. Conclusion

O autorze

Jonathan Morris Augustine is an Associate Professor of International Communication at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. Since 1973 he has spent most of his life in Asia with the exception of a decade at Princeton University where he obtained his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.