The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu
by
Beverley McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Ouyi Zhixu (1599–1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what others understood as inevitable and inescapable....