Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
, by Augustine, Jonathan MorrisNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780203002117 | 0203002113
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- Copyright: 10/21/2004
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.