Formation of Ch''an Ideology in China and Korea - The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, a Buddhist Apocryphon

Summary

This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an indigenous Chinese composi

Product details

• Authors: Robert E. Buswell, Buswell Robert E.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2017
• EAN: 9780691609089
• ISBN: 978-0-691-60908-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Library of Asian Translations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; China, Korea, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, Zen Buddhism