Domesticating the Dharma: Buddhist Cults and the Hwaom Synthesis in Silla Korea 9780824862244

Western scholarship has hitherto described the assimilation of Buddhism in Korea in terms of the importation of Sino-Ind

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English Pages 248 Year 2007

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
Chapter One. Buddhism and the State in Silla
Chapter Two. The Cult of Maitreya
Chapter Three. The Cult of Avalokiteśvara
Chapter Four: The Rise of Hwaŏm Buddhism in Silla
Chapter Five. The Hwaŏm Synthesis of Buddhist Cults
Concluding Reflections
147 Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Notes
Glossary of Sinitic Logographs
Selected Bibliography
Index
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