Approaching the Land of Bliss Motilal Banarsidass Chinese Names

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40 From purity distaste for his own body and no intercourse with others 271 Sutra II

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Approaching the Land of Bliss Motilal Banarsidass Chinese NamesThe discourse on Buddhist studies has traditionally been structured around texts and nations (the transmission of Buddhism from India to China to Japan). And yet, it is doubtful that these categories reflect in any significant way the organizing themes familiar to most Buddhists. It could be argued that cultic practices associated with particular buddhas and bodhisattvas are more representative of the way Buddhists conceive of their relation to