Sand and Pebbles: The Tales of Muju Ichien, a Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism

by Robert E. Morrell

Book Overview

Sand and Pebbles presents the first complete English rendering of Shasekishu--the classic, popular Buddhist Tale Literature (setsuwa). This collection of instructive, yet often humorous, anecdotes appeared in the late thirteenth century, within decades of the first stirrings of the revolutionary movements of Kamakura Buddhism. Shasekishu's author, Muju Ichien (1226-1312), lived in a rural temple apart from the centers of political and literary activity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887060609
• ISBN13: 9780887060601
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"