Buddhist Debate and the Production and Transmission of "Shōgyō" in Medieval Japan

Medieval scholar-monks produced and transmitted a massive body of texts known as sacred works or shōgyō. This article focuses on the Tōdaiji monk Sōshō (1202-1278), who produced almost five hundred texts. How and for what purposes did a scholar-monk come to generate such a massive body of texts? Fir...

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Main Author: Sango, Asuka 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2012]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-273
Further subjects:B Cloisters
B Political debate
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Debate
B Religious rituals
B Lectures
B Sensory Perception
B Buddhist logic
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