Dear Colleagues,
Please see the book announcement below. This is the fifth volume in the series
Eastern Buddhist Voices which I edit. It completes the opening sequence of
volumes in this series, with contents drawn from historic issues of the journal
The Eastern Buddhist.
Note that the volume announced here contains an interesting early translation
of the Teaching of Vimalakirti which had originally appeared in scattered
sections.
(The introductory price mentioned below is valid for a short period only.)
Michael Pye
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Here is the announcement from Equinox Publications:
We are pleased to announce the publication of
Lay Buddhism and Spirituality. From Vimalakīrti to the Nenbutsu Masters
356pp, 16 figures
Edited by Michael Pye, Marburg University and Ōtani University, Kyōto
HB £60 / $99.95 (9781908049148)
PB £19.99 / $39.95 (9781908049155)
Receive 25% off the retail price quoting the code LBS when ordering from
<http://www.equinoxpub.com/>
www.equinoxpub.com
(valid until the end of
October 2014).
Early issues of The Eastern Buddhist contain short translations from
various
Buddhist texts, some of them quite important and all of considerable
interest. Since they are set unobtrusively between modern statements and
arguments about the nature of Buddhism, and in any case are difficult to
locate, they have often gone unnoticed by students. Assembled here is a
selection of those texts which have stood the test of time. Derived from
Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese originals, they illustrate the importance of
lay spirituality for Japanese Buddhists, both in the nenbutsu tradition and
in the wider context of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Drawing them together into one
volume brings out the fact that these varied Buddhist traditions are
intricately related to each other. The result is an unusual and fascinating
reader which would grace many a course in Buddhist studies.
To see the table of contents and to order visit the book page:
https://www.equinoxpub.com/equinox/books/showbook.asp?bkid=561
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