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Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What Is the Chinese Pure Land Tradition?
Chapter 3. The Development of the Concept of the Pure Land
Chapter 4. Self-Power and Other-Power in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Chapter 5. Ethics and Precepts in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Chapter 6. Defending Pure Land in Late Imperial China
Chapter 7. Methods of Nianfo in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Chapter 8. Lushan Huiyuan
Chapter 9. Conclusions
Appendix: The Thirteen Chinese Pure Land Patriarchs
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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