TY - BOOK AU - Halkias,Georgios TI - 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 T2 - Pure Land Buddhist studies SN - 0824837746 AV - BQ8514.4.C62 H35 2013 U1 - 294.3/85 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaiʻi Press KW - Tripiṭaka KW - Sūtrapiṭaka KW - Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller) KW - fast KW - Pure Land Buddhism KW - China KW - Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Buddhist literature, Tibetan KW - History and criticism KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Buddhism KW - Tibetan KW - Boeddhisme KW - gtt KW - Kosmologie KW - Tibet KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750816 ER -