Postponement in Perpetuality: the Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia

Yi Liu

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
27 February 2025
Pages
400
ISBN
9789004715110

Postponement in Perpetuality: the Buddha’s Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia

Yi Liu

The Buddha prophesied his teachings would vanish a few hundred years after his passing, posing an existential dilemma for Chinese Buddhists on the brink of Buddhism's disappearance.

This book explores their centuries-long struggle with this prophecy and the unique East Asian Buddhist belief of mofa ('the final age of Buddhism') that emerged as a result.

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