The Essentials Of The Eight Traditions/The Candle Of The Latter Dharma

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Essentials of the Eight Traditions: Translated from the Japanese by Leo Pruden. This gives a concise accounting of the eight traditions of Japanese Buddhism in existence at the time of its writing. [Taishio Tripitaka Extracanonical work] [Jpn: Has-shu-ko-yo] Candle of the Latter Dharma: Translated from the Japanese by Robert Rhodes, this work by Saicho (Dengyo Daishi), founder of Tendai Buddhism in Japan, argues that non-observance of the monastic precepts does not necessarily result in the disqualification of a monk. [Taisho Tripitaka Extracanonical work] [Jpn: Mappo-to-myo-ki]

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