Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism
(Part of the Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism Series)
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Original enlightenment thought (hongaku shiso) dominated Buddhist intellectual circles throughout Japan's medieval period. Enlightenment, this discourse claims, is neither a goal to be achieved nor a potential to be realized but the true status of all things. Every animate and inanimate object manifests the primordially enlightened Buddha just as it is. Seen in its true aspect, every activity of daily life--eating, sleeping, even one's deluded...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824827716
ISBN13:9780824827717
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:566 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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