Chinese esoteric Buddhism : Amoghavajra, the ruling elite, and the emergence of a tradition
Geoffrey C. Goble (Author)
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)
eBook, English, 2019
Columbia University Press, New York, 2019