Original Enlightenment and the Transformation by Jacqueline I. Stone PAPERBACK

Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism Studies in East Asian Buddhism\nby Jacqueline I. Stone\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jacqueline I. Stone\nTitle: Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism Studies in East Asian Buddhism\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Buddhism\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press\nPublication year: 2003\nISBN-13: 9780824827717\nISBN-10: 0824827716\nRRP: \u00A319.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis study moves beyond the treatment of the original enlightenment doctrine as abstract philosophy to explore its historical dimension. Drawing on a wealth of medieval primary sources and modern Japanese scholarship, it places this discourse in its ritual, institutional and social c.