Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition

By Jonathan Morris Augustine

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415646294
• ISBN13: 9780415646291
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"