While Buddhist cosmology overlaps greatly with broader Hindu-Indian cosmology, it has developed quite differently from its early roots and has its own complex of myths and sacred places, directions and realms full of implications for practice. This category covers works that explore how Buddhists understand the world our our place within it.
The Cause of Birth in the Pure Land as Shown in the Original Texts of the Sukhâvatîvyûha-sûtras Inagaki, Hisao
1960
The Origin of the Pure Land Fujita, Kôtatsu
1996
The Pattern of Matsuri: Cosmic Schemes and Ritual Illusions in Japanese Festivals Gilday, Edmund T
1987
The Pure Land and the Kingdom of God Doi, Masatoshi
1976
La Roi Mâra du Sixième Ciel et le mythe médiéval de la création du Japon Iyanaga, Nobumi
1996
The Time of Ôjôden: Narrative and Salvation in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism Bathgate, Michael Robert
2006
Aiko Gibo: Mass Media Shaman or Missionary of the Other World Inoue, Nobutaka
1992
Ascetics, Aristocrats, and the Lotus Sutra: The Construction of the Buddhist Universe in 11th Century Japan Deal, William Edward
1989
Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism Becker, Carl Bradley
1993
Breaking the Darkness: Images of Reality in Shin Buddhist Faith Hirota, Dennis
1991
Emakimono Depicting the Pains of the Damned Gutierrez, Fernando G
1967
Emptiness Thought and the Concept of the Pure Land in Nishitani: In the Light of Imagination and the Body Hase, Shôtô
Nov. 1997
Hakkô-ichû: The Concept of Universal Hierarchy as Abstracted from Japanese Shinto Hamilton, Phyllis M. T
1950
Historical Transformations of Japanese Cosmology: A Search for Patterns Fukue, Hitoshi
1993
Idea of Evolution in the Creation Story of Tenrikyo Doctrine Iida, Teruaki
1968
Ikai: Der Diskurs zu 'Anderen Welt' also Manifestation der japanischen Selbstfindungs-Debatte Gebhardt, Lisette
1996
Kata-imi et kata-tagae: Étude sur les interdits de direction à l'époche Heian Frank, Bernard
1958
Maboroshi, the Otherworldy Overtones in Kawabata Yasunari's The Lake Ashton, Elizabeth Ann
1980
Mountains and Their Importance for the Idea of the Other World in Japanese Folk Religion Hori, Ichirô
1966
Pure and Impure Lands Fujita, Kôtatsu
1987
Rising from the Lotus: Two Bodhisattvas from the Lotus Sutra as a Psychodynamic Paradigm for Nichiren Jaffe, Paul D
1986
Takasago: The Symbolism of the Pine Gardner, Richard Alvin
1992
Tokugawa-Period Disputes between Shugen Organizations and Onmyôji over Rights to Practice Divination Hayashi, Makoto
1994
Visions of Excess and Excesses of Vision: Women and Transgression in Japanese Myth Grapard, Allan G
1991
What is Truly Meant by the 'Pure Land' Bandô, Shôjun
1977
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