Chinese Buddhism: A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical

Chinese Buddhism: A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical

by Joseph Edkins
Chinese Buddhism: A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical

Chinese Buddhism: A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical

by Joseph Edkins

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First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415865623
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/25/2013
Pages: 490
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chinese Buddhism., EdgarGold; Part 1 A Life of Buddha; Chapter 1 Life of Shakyamuni Till his Appearance at Benares as a Teacher.; Chapter 2 Life of Buddha from his Appearance as a Teacher at Benares to the Conversion of Rahula.; Chapter 3 From The Commencement Of Rahula’S Religious Life Till The Near Approach Of The Nirvana.; Chapter 4 Last Discourses And Death Of Buddha.; Chapter 5 The Patriarchs of the Northern Buddhists.; Chapter 6 Sketch of the History of Buddhism in China.; Chapter 7 The Schools of Chinese Buddhism.; Chapter 8 On Chi-K’Ai and the T’Ien-T’Ai School of Buddhism.; Chapter 9 The Buddhist Moral System.; Chapter 10 The Buddhist Calendar.; Chapter 11 Relation Of Buddhism To The Older Hindoo Mythology.; Chapter 12 The Buddhist Universe.; Chapter 13 The Extended Universe of the Northern Buddhists.; Chapter 14 Buddhist Images And Image Worship., EdgarGold; Chapter 15 Monasteries at P‘U-TO.; Chapter 16 Buddhist Processions, Associations, Pilgrimages, and Ceremonies for the Dead.; Chapter 17 Buddhist Literature.; Chapter 18 The Leng-Yen-King.—First Chapter.; Chapter 19 The Ekashloka Shastra.; Chapter 20 Effect of Buddhism on the Philosophy of the Sung Dynasty.; Chapter 21 Feng-Shui; Or, The Wind And Water Superstition Of The Chinese., EdgarGold; Chapter 22 Buddhist Phraseology In Relation To Christian Teaching.1This paper was read in the spring of 1878, before an association of missionaries resident in Peking.; Chapter 23 Notice of The Wu-Wei-Kiau, a Reformed Buddhist Sect.; Chapter 24 Buddhism and Tauism in Their Popular Aspects.; Chapter 25 On the Usb of Sanscrit by the Chinese Buddhists.; Chapter 26 Books and Papers that May be Consulted for the Study of Chinese Buddhism.;
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