Halkias, Georgios, 1967-

Luminous bliss : a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvatīvȳuha-sūtra / Georgios T. Halkias. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2013. - 1 online resource (xxx, 335 pages) : illustrations. - Pure Land Buddhist studies . - Pure Land Buddhist studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-322) and index.

Indian Mahayana origins and departures -- Pure lands and the Tibetan empire -- The dharma that goes against the ways of the world -- Tibetan Pure Land commentaries -- Tantric transfer in Sukhavati -- The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitabha.

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Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller)
Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller)


Pure Land Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Buddhist literature, Tibetan--History and criticism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Tibetan.
Buddhist literature, Tibetan.
Pure Land Buddhism.
Boeddhisme.
Kosmologie.


China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BQ8514.4.C62 / H35 2013

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