Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia by Liu, Yi

Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004715110)

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Format: Hardcover
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Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia by Liu, Yi

Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia

$144.00
Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia by Liu, Yi

Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia

$144.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Buddha prophesied that his teachings would vanish a few hundred years after his passing, creating an existential dilemma for Chinese Buddhists on the brink of Buddhism's disappearance.
This book examines the origins of this prophecy and the famie 法灭 ('end of Buddhism') belief in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism, and the centuries-long struggle of Chinese Buddhists to interpret and adapt this prophecy. This resulted in the unique East Asian Buddhist belief of mofa 末法 ('the final age of Buddhism'), which profoundly influenced medieval China and Japan.

Author: Yi Liu
ISBN-10: 9004715118
ISBN-13: 9789004715110
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2025
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover

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