Le sūtra des contemplations du Buddha Vie-Infinie - Ducor
Essai d’interprétation textuelle et iconographique
KORTE INHOUD
"'Le Sūtra des contremplations du Budda Vie-Infinie' played a role in the history of the Pure Land, this tradition to this day occupies a major place in Buddhism of the Far East. Typical of the ideal of the Great Vehicle, this text provides a complex method to visualize the Buddha Amida and his kingdom in this life and a more accessible practice: the recitation of the name of the Buddha (nembutsu) to be born with him at the next life. Unknown Indian sources, but translated into Chinese in the early fifth century AD, this sermon is about fifty years since the subject of a Deat its true origin. However, it occupies a key position between the archaic Chinese translations of the Great Sutra of the arrangement of the Sukhāatī (III century) and the flowering of the school of Pure Land in the era of Tang (VII century). In addition, the Sutra contemplations stands out as an important source of the Sino-Japanese Buddhist art, from Central Asia to medieval Japan. Representations of large frescoes and painted banners of...
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2011Uitgever: Brepols Publishers468 paginasTaal: FransISBN-10: 250354116XISBN-13: 9782503541167Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Le Sutra des contemplations de Vie-Infinie a joue un role determinant dans l'histoire de la Terre pure, cette tradition qui occupe jusqu'a nos jours une place majeure dans le bouddhisme de l'Extreme-Orient. Typique de l'ideal du Grand Vehicule, ce texte fournit une methode complexe pour visualiser le Buddha Amida et son royaume en cette vie-ci, ainsi qu'une pratique plus accessible : la recitation du nom de ce buddha (nembutsu) pour aller naitre aupres de lui des la vie prochaine. Inconnu des sources indien...
