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Breath of Life: The Esoteric Nembutsu

An essay on the esoteric reinterpretation of nembutsu recitation as a breath-synchronized mantric practice in East Asian tantric Buddhism.

Author: James H. Sanford
Type: Book
Written: 2006
Edition: 2006
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Tradition: Shingon
Identifiers: ISBN9780861714872

Where to find it

Sanford, 'Breath of Life: the Esoteric Nembutsu' (reprinted in Critical Readings on Pure Land Buddhism in Japan, Brill 2019)
Tantric Buddhism in East Asia, ed. Richard K. Payne, Wisdom Publications (ISBN 9780861714872)