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Letters of the Nun Eshinni - Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan (Paperback, New)
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Letters of the Nun Eshinni - Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan (Paperback, New)
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Eshinni (1182-1268?), a Buddhist nun and the wife of Shinran
(1173-1262), the celebrated founder of the True Pure Land, or Shin,
school of Buddhism, was largely unknown until the discovery of a
collection of her letters in 1921. In this study, James C. Dobbins,
a leading scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, has made creative use of
these letters to shed new light on life and religion in medieval
Japan. He provides a complete translation of the letters and an
explication of them that reveals the character and flavor of early
Shin Buddhism. Readers will come away with a new perspective on
Pure Land scholarship and a vivid image of Eshinni and the world in
which she lived. After situating the ideas and practices of Pure
Land Buddhism in the context of the actual living conditions of
thirteenth-century Japan, Dobbins examines the portrayal of women
in Pure Land Buddhism, the great range of lifestyles found among
medieval women and nuns, and how they constructed a meaningful
religious life amid negative stereotypes. He goes on to analyze
aspects of medieval religion that have been omitted in our
modern-day account of Pure Land and tries to reconstruct the
religious assumptions of Eshinni and Shinran in their own day. A
prevailing theme that runs throughout the book is the need to look
beyond idealized images of Buddhism found in doctrine to discover
the religion as it was lived and practiced. Scholars and students
of Buddhism, Japanese history, women's studies, and religious
studies will find much in this engaging work that is
thought-provoking and insightful.
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