The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography 0824818415, 9780824818418

The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 10) 0824818415, 9780824818418

In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographie

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The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography 9780824846015

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Early Medieval Hagiography 9781641890892

Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly b

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Buddhist and Taoist Practice in Medieval Chinese Society: Buddhist and Taoist Studies II 9780824887438

A pressing need in the recent study of Chinese religion is to connect Buddhist and Taoist doctrine with the actual activ

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The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk 9781462901456

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One Monk, Many Masters: The Wanderings of a Simple Buddhist Monk 9781945934223, 1945934220

In 1969, Paul Breiter was among the throngs of disaffected youth who traveled to the exotic East, seeking to escape the

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Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography 9789462988248

Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderquee

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Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture 9780824862251

Donors of Longmen is the first work in a Western language to re-create the history of the Longmen Grottoes, one of China

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Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China 9780812209693

This interdisciplinary study examines the reception of Āyurvedic knowledge and other Indian medical teachings in medieva

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Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition [1 ed.] 0415322456, 9780415322454

Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures hav

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