Kingship as "Dharma-Protector": A Comparative Study of Wŏnhyo and Huizhao's Views on the Golden Light Sutra

"State-protection Buddhism" (Ch. huguo Fojiao, K. hoguk Pulgyo 護國佛敎), the idea that Buddhism protects the state from various natural as well as societal difficulties, was widely accepted in premodern East Asia. Not a few East Asian rulers who adopted Buddhism as a state ideology expected s...

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Main Author: Lee, Sumi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawai'i Press 2017
In: Journal of Korean religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-129
Further subjects:B Huizhao
B Wŏnhyo
B dharma protector
B Golden Light Sutra
B Kingship
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