617 - 617 Births, 617 Deaths, Wonhyo, Zhai Rang, Wei Xuantong, Yang Yichen, List of State Leaders in 617, Donn N of Eigg, Wendelin of Trier (Paperback)

Chapters: 617 Births, 617 Deaths, Wonhyo, Zhai Rang, Wei Xuantong, Yang Yichen, List of State Leaders in 617, Donn n of Eigg, Wendelin of Trier, Tasso of Friuli, Kakko of Friuli, Battle of Bu'ath, Ceretic of Elmet, Seaxred of Essex, S ward of Essex, Rado, Cousinus, Bayan Ii. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wonhyo (617 - 686 CE) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. Essence-Function (), a key concept in Southeast Asian Buddhism and particularly that of Korean Buddhism, was refined in the syncretic philosophy and worldview of Wonhyo. With his life spanning the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the beginning of the Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation of the broad range of doctrinal Buddhist streams that flowed into the Korean peninsula at the time. Wonhyo was most interested in, and affected by Tathgatagarbha, Yogcra and Hwaom thought. However, in his extensive scholarly works, composed as commentaries and essays, he embraced the whole spectrum of the Buddhist teachings which were received in Korea, including such schools as Pure Land, Nirvana, Sanlun and Tiantai (Lotus Stra school). Bogwangjeon hall at Bunhwangsa, Gyeongju which is a dedicated shrine to Wonhyo.Wonhyo was born in Apnyang (), nowadays the city of Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. He had a son, Seol Chong, who is considered to be one of the great Confucian scholars of Silla. Keel (2004: p.432), in mentioning bodhisattva and sentient beings, holds that Wnhyo: ...tried to embody in his own life the ideal of a bodhisattva who works for the well-being of all sentient beings. Transcending the distinction of the sacred and the secular, he married a widower princess, visited v...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=293350