The Wiley Blackwell companion to East and inner Asian Buddhism / edited by Mario Poceski. - 1 online resource. - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion . - Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Buddhism in Central Asian History / Mariko Walter -- Buddhism in Chinese History / Mario Poceski -- Buddhism in Korean History / Sem Vermeersch -- Buddhism in Japanese History / Heather Blair -- Buddhism in Tibetan History / James Apple -- Tiantai Integrations of Doctrine and Practice / Haiyan Shen -- Huayan Elaborations on the Realm of Reality / Imre Hamar -- Chan/Zen Conceptions of Orthodoxy / Albert Welter -- Tibetan Formulations of the Tantric Path / David Gray -- Pure Land Devotion in East Asia / Jimmy Yu -- Bodhisattva Cults in Chinese Buddhism / Natasha Heller -- Funerary Rituals in Japanese Buddhism / Nam-lin Hur -- Pilgrimage in Japanese Buddhism / Henny van der Veere -- Healing in Tibetan Buddhism / Geoffrey Samuel -- East Asian Transformations of Monasticism / Huaiyu Chen -- Nuns and Laywomen in East Asian Buddhism / Lori Meeks -- Buddhist-Daoist Interactions in Medieval China / Livia Kohn -- The Chinese Buddhist Canon / Jiang Wu -- The Tibetan Buddhist Canon / Phil Stanley -- Buddhism and Poetry in East Asia / Beata Grant -- Buddhist Art and Architecture in East Asia / Michelle C. Wang -- Buddhism in Modern Japan / Melissa Anne-Marie Curley -- Buddhism in Modern Korea / Pori Park -- Buddhism in Contemporary Europe / Inken Prohl -- Buddhism in the Digital World / Morten Schlütter.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism combines outstanding contributions covering Buddhism as it developed and is practiced in this region. These newly-commissioned essays provide fresh scholarly perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, and practices. Offers a comprehensive and balanced survey of Buddhism within East and Central Asia, from the time of the Buddha through to the present dayProvides fresh perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, traditions, doctrines, practices, and institutions - on topics spanning gender roles.

9781118610350 (ePub) 1118610350 (ePub) 9781118610374 (Adobe PDF) 1118610377 (Adobe PDF) 9781118610398 1118610393

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Buddhism--East Asia.
Buddhism--Tibet Region.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhism.


China--Tibet Region.
East Asia.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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