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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Pure Land Tradition

History and Development

by James Foard, Michael Solomon & Richard K. Payne · James Foard, Michael Solomon & Richard K. Payne (eds.)

A collection of scholarly essays on Pure Land Buddhism in India, China and Japan. It covers the origins of Amitabha devotion, the Chinese masters and the Japanese schools of Honen and Shinran.

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