![]() | Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet Subjects: Pure Land Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Buddhist literature Tibetan -- History and criticism; Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Sukhavativyuha (Smaller); With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvativyūha-sūtra Georgios T. Halkias specializes in Tibetan and Himalayan religions and history and has held research posts and fellowships in the U.K., at the Warburg Institute, the University of London, and the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies; in Germany at the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum; and the Jōdo-Shinshū Otani-ha Foundation in Kyoto. His publications include a number of articles on Tibetan and central Asian Buddhism, Himalayan history, and interdisciplinary studies in religion. |
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