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Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyōki tradition

Title
  1. Buddhist hagiography in early Japan : images of compassion in the Gyōki tradition / Jonathan Morris Augustine.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
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Author
  1. Augustine, Jonathan Morris, 1972-

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Description
  1. vi, 173 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "This study of the Bodhisattva Gyoki illustrates how Japanese Buddhist hagiographers chose to regard a single monk's charitable activities as a miraculous achievement that shaped the course of Japanese history."--BOOK JACKET.
Series statement
  1. RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion
Uniform title
  1. RoutledgeCurzon studies in Asian religion.
Subject
  1. Gyōki, 668-749
  2. Gyōki
  3. Geschichte 749-1145
  4. Buddhist priests > Japan > Biography
  5. Biographie
  6. Buddhismus
  7. Hagiographie
  8. Japan
Contents
  1. 1. The received biography of Gyōki -- 2. The bodhisattva tradition and the hagiographer's craft -- 3. Gyōki and the Sōniryō: violations of early monastic regulations in Japan -- 4. Gyōki and the politics of the Nara Court -- 5. Gyōki's charitable projects -- 6. Gyōki and further developments in Buddhist hagiography.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-165) and index.