The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, 1900-1950 (Harvard East Asian)

Type

Book

Authors

Welch, Holmes

ISBN 10

0674697014

ISBN 13

9780674697010

Tags

Europe, History, Rituals & Practice

Abstract

Part One: Monastic traditions. The people of the monastery -- The meditation hall -- The Buddha recitation hall -- Observance of the rules -- Hereditary and branch temples -- The Abbot -- Rites for the dead -- The economy of Monasteries -- Part Two: The individual Buddhist. Entering the Sangha -- The Monastic career -- The Lay Buddhist -- The nature of the system.

Description

xxii, 568 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.

Biblio Notes

377532

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