TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goble,Geoffrey C.
TI  - Chinese esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra, the ruling elite, and the emergence of a tradition 
T2  - The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
SN  - 0231550642
AV  - BQ8912.9.C5 G63 2019
U1  - 294.3/920951 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Amoghavajra,
KW  - Tantric Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Bouddhisme tantrique
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The three great masters of Kaiyuan and the teaching of the five divisions -- Esoteric Buddhism in context: Tang imperial religion -- Esoteric Buddhism in context: the An Lushan rebellions and Tang war religion -- Amoghavajra and the ruling elite -- The institutional establishment of esoteric Buddhism -- The consolidation of Amoghavajra's legacy
N2  - Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct Buddhist school in eighth-century China. Geoffrey C. Goble provides an innovative account of the tradition's emergence that sheds new light on the structures and traditions that shaped its institutionalization, with a focus on Amoghavajra (704-774)
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