Lay Buddhism and spirituality
Subtitle: from Vimalakīrti to the Nenbutsu masters
By: edited by Michael Pye with the assistance of The Eastern Buddhist Society
Series: Eastern Buddhist voices -- volume 5; Eastern Buddhist voices -- 5.
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Sheffield; Bristol, CT
Language: mul; eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781908049148; 9781908049155
Subjects: Doctrines; Buddhismus; Religiöses Leben; Andligt liv; Buddhism; Laie; Spiritual life; Buddhist laymen; Spiritualität; Religious life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: part I. The teaching of vimalakīrti; title: 2. Vimalakīrti discourse on emancipation; title: part II. Related strands in early Mahāyāna Buddhism; title: 3. The heart Sūtra (Prajñā-pāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra; title: Nāgarjuna's mahāyāna-viṃśaka; title: 5. Outline of the avataṃsaka sūtra (kegonkyō); title: 6. The hymn on the life and vows of smantabhadra; title: part III. Hints of laity in the esoteric tradition; title: 7. Fudō the immovable; title: 8. Ceremonies for discpiles on Mount Kōya; title: part IV. Revisiting masters of the nenbutsu; title: 9. The pure land doctrine in Shōkū's "Plain wood" nenbutsu; title: 10. Myōe's critique of Hōnen; title: 11. Ippen Shōnin and the nenbutsu; title: 12. Shinran and his song on amida buddha; title: 13. On steadfast holidng to the name; title: 14. Rennyo the restorer; title: 15. Asahara Saichi the myōkōnin; title: 16. The rite of reception into Jōdo Shinshū.