Research Catalog

Title

Luminous bliss [electronic resource] : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvatīv̄yuha-sūtra / Georgios T. Halkias.

Author

Halkias, Georgios, 1967-

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2013.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xxx, 335 p.) : ill.

Series Statement

Pure Land Buddhist studies

Uniform Title

• Luminous bliss (Online)
• Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller). English.
• Pure Land Buddhist studies.

Alternative Title

Luminous bliss (Online)

Subject

• Tripiṭaka
• Pure Land Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region
• Buddhist literature, Tibetan > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Indian Mahayana origins and departures -- Pure lands and the Tibetan empire -- The dharma that goes against the ways of the world -- Tibetan Pure Land commentaries -- Tantric transfer in Sukhavati -- The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitabha.

LCCN

2012007446

OCLC

ssj0000885420

Author

Halkias, Georgios, 1967-

Title

Luminous bliss [electronic resource] : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvatīv̄yuha-sūtra / Georgios T. Halkias.

Imprint

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2013.

Series

Pure Land Buddhist studies

Pure Land Buddhist studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Title

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller). English.