The Buddhist tradition in India, China & Japan
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0394716965
ISBN 13
9780394716961
Category
Publication Year
1972
Publisher
Subject
Buddhism--Sacred books.
Description
xxii, 417 pages ; 19 cm.; Early Buddhism -- The life of Buddha as a way of salvation -- "The greater vehicle" of Mahāyāna Buddhism -- Tantricism and the decline of Buddhism in India -- The coming of Buddhism to China -- The schools of Chinese Buddhism -- The introduction of Buddhism to Japan -- Saichō and the lotus teaching -- Kūkai and esoteric Buddhism -- Amida and the pure land -- Nichiren's faith in the lotus -- Zen.;
Biblio Notes
6824027
Number of Copies
1
