The Essentials of the Eight Traditions / The Candle of the Latter Dharma (Bdk English Tripitaka Translation Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This volume includes two titles.The Essentials of the Eight Schools gives a concise account of the history and doctrines of the eight principal Buddhist schools in existence in Japan at the time of the author, i.e. the six schools which were introduced to Japan during the Nara Period and the two schools introduced by Saichō and Kūkai during the Heian Period. This work may thus be described as an introduction to Japanese Buddhism. Fascicle 1 contains a preface and accounts of the Kusha, Jōjitsu and Discipline Schools, and Fascicle 2 deals with the Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon and Shingon Sch...
ISBN(s)
0962561878, 9780962561870
