Jingoji Sutra  1149

The second half of the 12th century was a time of great political instability in Japan. Aristocrats felt as if they were living in an age of [i]mappo[/i], or Buddhist decline, and were preoccupied with the afterlife. This sutra is part of a famous set of 5,000 scriptures likely commissioned by Emperor Toba (1103–1156) and completed by his son, Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127–11...