Aspiring to Enlightenment: Pure Land Buddhism in Silla Korea

(Part of the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series)

by Richard D. McBride and Richard D. McBride II

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Centered on the practice of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land paradise Sukhāvatī, the Amitābha cult has been the dominant form of Buddhism in Korea since the middle of the Silla period (ca. 300-935). In Aspiring to Enlightenment, Richard McBride combines analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical, art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic account of the cult in Silla times and its rise in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0824882601

ISBN13:9780824882600

Release Date:August 2020

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:212 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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Aspiring to Enlightenment: Pure Land Buddhism in Silla Korea

(Part of the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series)

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