Land of bliss : the paradise of the Buddha of measureless light : Sanskrit and Chinese versions of the Sukhāvatīvyūha sutras

Author(s)

• Gómez, Luis Oscar

Bibliographic Information

Land of bliss : the paradise of the Buddha of measureless light : Sanskrit and Chinese versions of the Sukhāvatīvyūha sutras

introductions and English translations by Luis O. Gómez

（Studies in the Buddhist traditions）

University of Hawaiʿi Press , Higashi Honganji Shinshū Ōtani-ha, c1996

• : cloth
• : pbk. : alk. paper

Other Title

The Land of bliss

Uniform Title

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Larger)

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller)

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a free translation of two Buddhist texts on what is arguably the most popular of all Buddhist conceptions of an ideal world, the "Land of Bliss" of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. The two texts, known to Western students of Buddhism as the "Smaller" and "Larger" Sukhavatiyuha Sutra, explain the conditions that lead to rebirth in the Pure Land and the manner in which human beings are reborn there.

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Details

• NCID: BA28316944
• ISBN:
  • 0824816943
  • 0824817605
• LCCN: 95035867
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu, HI,Kyoto
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 356 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ2012.E5
  • DC20 : 294.3/823
  • NDC8 : 183.5
  • NDLC : HM51
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28317007
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA00024914
  • EA00024925