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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Main Author: Stone, Jacqueline I. 1949- (Author)
Contributors: Buswell, Robert E., Jr. 1953- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2016
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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