"This collection will be appreciated by scholars of Korean and Buddhist studies and will stimulate East Asia scholars in general to explore the roles played by non-Chinese East Asian peoples in the evolution of the region as a whole."--Jacket.
"Brian Daizen Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a…
Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of the complex role of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism. Motherhood was sometimes extolled as the most appropriate symbol for buddhahood itself, and sometimes denigrated as the most paradigmatic manifestat…
Renowned scholar Alfred Bloom presents the life and teachings of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Shin (or Pure Land) Buddhism, the most populist form of Buddhism in Japan, drawing extensively on the writings of this influential Japanese religious reformer.
"Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two defining moments in modern Tibetan history: the entry into Lhasa by British troops in 1904 and by Chinese troops in 1951. Recognized as an incarnate lama while…
Gendun Chopel is considered by many to be the most important Tibetan intellectual of the 20th century. He dictated the 'Adornment for Nagarjuna's Thought'. This book presents the English translation of this major Tibetan work, accompanied by an essay on Chopel's life.
