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Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan
Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as...
Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge