{"product_id":"the-three-treasures-9780472075805","title":"The Three Treasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the young Princess Sonshi became a Buddhist nun in the year 984, a scholar-official of the royal court was commissioned to create a guide to the Buddhist religion that would be accessible for her. He did so in the form of the illustrated works of fiction that appealed to women readers of her time and class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dr. Kamens has researched his subject well and presents his study with a clarity that will be appreciated by students and scholars of Japanese literature, language, Buddhism, and history. The work of Tamenori is here translated into excellent English. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Three Jewels\u003c\/i\u003e is well researched and so well presented that it cannot fail to arouse interest in Western academic circles.” —\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (review of original edition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kamens’s book makes a significant contribution to our understanding not only of the centrality of magical thinking in tales and legends, but also about the manner in which it is intertwined with the classical literature of the Buddhist tradition and Japan.” —\u003ci\u003eJapanese Journal of Religious Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(review of original edition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1: Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: A Short History of Sanbōe(Edward Kamens)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: A Reading of Sanbōe(Edward Kamens)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Sanbōe and the Oratorical Arts of Devotional Liturgy (Ethan Bushelle)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2: Translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Edward Kamens and Ethan Bushelle)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Preface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Volume: The Buddha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface to the First Volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.1 The Pāramitā of Charity: King Śibi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.2 The Pāramitā of Discipline: King Śrutasoma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.3 The Pāramitā of Forbearance: The Recluse \"Forbearance\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.4 The Pāramitā of Effort: The Prince of Great Generosity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.5 The Pāramitā of Meditation: The Recluse Śaṅkhācārya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.6 The Pāramitā of PrajÑā: Prime Minister Govinda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.7 The Elder “Water-bearer”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.8 The Lion Who Held Firmly to His Vows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.9 The Deer King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.10 The Himalaya Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.11 Prince Mahāsattva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1.12 Prince Sudāna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.13 Śyāma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Volume: The Dharma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface to the Second Volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.1 Prince Shōtoku\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.2 En the Ascetic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.3 Bodhisattva Gyōki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.4 The “Lump” Nun of Higo Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.5 Kinunui Tomo no Miyatsuko Yoshimichi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.6 An Elderly Fisherman of Harima Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.7 Dharma Master Gikaku\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.8 Ono no Ason Niwamaro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.9 The Go-Playing Śrāmaṇera of Yamashiro Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.10 The Sūtra-box Patron of Yamashiro Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.11Takahashi no Muraji Azumahito\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.12 A Woman of Yamato Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.13 Omisome no Omi Taime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.14 Nara no lwashima\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.15 A Monk of the Nara Capital\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.16 A Monk of Mount Yoshino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.17 A Miner of Mimasaka Province\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.18 Yōgō of Daianji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Third Volume: The Sangha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface to the Third Volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.1 Practices for the First Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.2 The Assembly for the Royal Meagre Feast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.3 The Rites of Penitence at Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.4 The Bath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.5 The Poṣadha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.6 Practices of the Second Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.7 Repentance Before Ānanda at Saiin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.8 The Nirvāṇa Assembly at Yamashinadera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.9 Stone Stūpas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Third Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.10 The Assembly for the Transmission of the Dharma in Shiga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.11 The Most Excellent Assembly at Yakushiji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.12 The Lotus Assembly at Takao\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.13 The Flower Garland Assembly at Hokkeiji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.14 The Assembly for the Encouragement of Learning at Sakamoto on Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.15 The Assembly of Ten Thousand Lights at Yakushiji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fourth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.16 The Śarīra Assembly at Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.17 The Great PrajÑā Assembly at Daianji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.18 The Lustration of the Buddha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.19 The Ordination at Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fifth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.20 Bodhisattva Precepts at Hatsuse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.21 The Rice Donation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sixth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.22 The Assembly of One Thousand Flowers at Tōdaiji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seventh Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.23 The MaÑjuśrī Assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.24 The Ullambana [including the Confession]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eighth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.25 The Ceaseless Nenbutsu on Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.26 The Assembly for Releasing Living Creatures at Yahata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ninth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.27 The Anointment at Hie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tenth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.28 The Vimalakīrti Assembly at Yamashinadera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eleventh Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.29 The Assembly for Eight Lectures at Kumano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.30 The Assembly in the Month of Frost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twelfth Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3.31 The Buddhas' Names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHymn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default 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