Esoteric Zen - Zen and the Tantric Teachings in Premodern Japan

Despite their starkly contrasting images, premodern Japanese Zen and tantric Buddhism were closely entwined movements. Based on recently discovered manuscript materials and covering the 13th to the 17th century, Esoteric Zen offers the first comprehensive account of their multi-faceted relationship.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Stephan Kigensan Licha, Ph.D. (2012), SOAS, is faculty member in the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Heidelberg. He publishes widely on Japanese Buddhism, most recently "The Small Vehicle: The Construction of Hinayana and Japan's Modern Buddhism", Monumenta nipponica (2022).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephan Kigensan Licha
• Verlag: Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.06.2023
• EAN: 9789004536302
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53630-2
• Seiten: 356
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 251 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 676 g
• Serie: Brill's Japanese Studies Libra
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen