Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan by Jacqueline I. Stone

Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan

Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism

Jacqueline I. Stone

624 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
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Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal of dying with right mindfulness was appropriated, disseminated, and transformed ...

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