Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan
Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal of dying with right mindfulness was appropriated, disseminated, and transformed in premodern Japan, focusing on the late tenth throug...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Honolulu
University of Hawaii Press
2016
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In: | Year: 2016 |
Series/Journal: | Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism
26 |
Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Buddhism (Japan) Customs and practices History B Death B Asia / Japan / HISTORY B Death Religious aspects Buddhism History |
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