Politics and transcendent wisdom
Subtitle: the Scripture for humane kings in the creation of Chinese Buddhism
By: Charles D. Orzech.
Series: Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions; Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions (University Park, Pa.)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Jen wang po je ching -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description: Politics and Transcendent Wisdom presents a systematic theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between politics and religion in a variety of contexts. This book examines the formation of "national protection" Buddhism in China and translates the key text of this important movement.

Showing that Buddhist notions of sovereignty were meant and were taken as more than mere metaphor Orzech examines the profound link between Buddhist notions of transcendence and the deployment of political authority in East Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-342) and index.