Interpreting Amida

Interpreting Amida
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0791433102
ISBN-13 : 9780791433102
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Download or read book Interpreting Amida written by Galen Amstutz and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-04-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism and how orientalist assumptions have caused the West to ignore this important tradition.


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