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Genshin's Ojoyoshu and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan (Hardcover)
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Genshin's Ojoyoshu and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan (Hardcover)
Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies
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The Ojoyoshu, written by the monk Genshin (942–1017), is one of
the most important texts in the history of Japanese religions. It
is the first comprehensive guide to the doctrine and practice of
Pure Land Buddhism written in Japan and so played a pivotal role in
establishing this form of Buddhism in the country. In Genshin’s
Ojoyoshu and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian
Japan, the first book in English on the Ojoyoshu in more than forty
years, Robert Rhodes draws on the latest scholarship to shed new
light on the text, its author, and the tumultuous age in which it
was written. Rhodes begins by providing substantial discussion on
the development of Pure Land Buddhism before the Ojoyoshu’s
appearance and a thorough account of Genshin’s life, the full
details of which have never before been available in English. Japan
in the tenth century was marked by far-reaching political, social,
and economic change, all of which had a significant affect on
religion, including the emergence of numerous new religious
movements in Kyoto. Pure Land was the most popular of these, and
the faith embraced by the Tendai scholar Genshin when he became
disaffected with the growing factionalism at Enrakuji, Tendai’s
central temple. A significant portion of Rhodes’ study is a
wide-ranging examination of the Ojoyoshu’s Pure Land teachings in
which he describes and analyzes Genshin’s interpretations of Pure
Land cosmology and nenbutsu practice. For Genshin the latter
encompassed an extensive range of practices for focusing the mind
on Amida Buddha—from the simple recitation of Namu Amidabutsu
(“recitative nenbutsu”) to the advanced meditative practice of
visualizing the buddha (“meditative nenbutsu”). According to
the Ojoyoshu, all of these are effective means for ensuring birth
in Amida’s Pure Land. This impressively researched and updated
treatment of the formative text in the Japanese Pure Land tradition
will be welcomed by all scholars and students of Japanese
religions. It also offers a fascinating window into Heian
(794–1185) religious life, which will be of interest to anyone
concerned with medieval Japan.
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