| Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries Contributor(s): S. Green, Ronald (Author), Mun, Chanju (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004370382 ISBN-13: 9789004370388 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Religion | History |
| Series: Numen Book |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.97 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyōnen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three countries Gyōnen considers are India, China and Japan. Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun describe Gyōnen's innovative doctrinal classification system (panjiao) for the first time and compare it to other panjiao systems. They argue that Gyōnen's arrangement and what he chose to exclude served political purposes in the Kamakura period, and thus engage current scholarship on the construction of Japanese Buddhism. |