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This study moves beyond the treatment of the original enlightenment doctrine as abstract philosophy to explore its historical dimension. Drawing on a wealth of medieval primary sources and modern Japanese scholarship, it places this discourse in its ritual, institutional and social contexts.

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Every now and then a book comes along that impacts its field in such profound ways that it is a certainty to appear in virtually every subsequent bibliography and to be footnoted ubiquitously. [This] will no doubt be such a text.... For any student of Japanese religion, this is a 'must read.'" — Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"A brilliant presentation." — Japanese Journal of Religious Studies

Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism Studies in East Asian Buddhism

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 5/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824827717, 978-0824827717
      ISBN10: 0824827716

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study moves beyond the treatment of the original enlightenment doctrine as abstract philosophy to explore its historical dimension. Drawing on a wealth of medieval primary sources and modern Japanese scholarship, it places this discourse in its ritual, institutional and social contexts.

      Trade Review
      Every now and then a book comes along that impacts its field in such profound ways that it is a certainty to appear in virtually every subsequent bibliography and to be footnoted ubiquitously. [This] will no doubt be such a text.... For any student of Japanese religion, this is a 'must read.'" — Journal of the American Academy of Religion

      "A brilliant presentation." — Japanese Journal of Religious Studies

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