Two Buddhas Seated Side By Side - A Guide to the Lotus Sutra

Zusatztext "While scholarly in nature, this work’s engaging, thoughtful manner serves its subject well. Essential for readers with academic-level interest in Buddhist studies." Informationen zum Autor Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. His books include The "Lotus Sutra": A Biography (Princeton). He lives in Ann Arbor! Michigan. Jacqueline I. Stone is professor of religion at Princeton University. Her books include Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism . She lives in Kingston! New Jersey. Klappentext An essential companion to a timeless spiritual classicThe Lotus Sutra is among the most venerated scriptures of Buddhism. Composed in India some two millennia ago, it affirms the potential for all beings to attain supreme enlightenment. Donald Lopez and Jacqueline Stone provide an essential reading companion to this inspiring yet enigmatic mastThis book is a guide to one of the most influential of all Buddhist texts, co-authored by two of the most prominent and respected scholars in Buddhist Studies in the Anglo-American academy. Zusammenfassung An essential companion to a timeless spiritual classicThe Lotus Sutra is among the most venerated scriptures of Buddhism. Composed in India some two millennia ago, it affirms the potential for all beings to attain supreme enlightenment. Donald Lopez and Jacqueline Stone provide an essential reading companion to this inspiring yet enigmatic mast

Product details

• Authors: Donald S. Lopez, Donald S. Stone Lopez, Jacqueline I. Stone
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780691174204
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17420-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Asia / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, Buddhism, History of Religion, Asian History, Buddhist Sacred Texts, Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings