Oxford Scholarship Online: The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism

The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism A Study and Translation of Gyonen's Jodo Homon Genrusho Blum, Mark L. Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, State University of New York at Albany Print publication date: 2002 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512524-5
1 Scripture doi:10.1093/019512524X.003.0006 Abstract: This is a translation of two presentations on the Buddhist Pure Land tradition at the beginning of Gynen's Jdo Hmon Genrush. These are considered to be the primary proof texts (Indian textual sources) for the Pure Land tradition, and are labeled stra and stra (or in this case upadea). Extensive footnotes are included. Keywords: Buddhism, Buddhist history, Genrush, Gynen, India, Pure Land school of Buddhism, translations,