Jacqueline I Stone: 1 book
Right Thoughts at the Last Moment
Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
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 in premodern Japan, focusing on the late tenth through...
