Chinese Buddhism

A thoroughly descriptive account of Chinese Buddhism that describes its history and different schools. The author uses Buddhist literature to describe the faith’s moral system, calendar, images, procession, and literature.

Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC

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SKU (ISBN): 1-931956-01-4

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Publication Status: In Print

Publication Date: Aug 15,2003

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 492

ISBN: 1-931956-01-4

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Joseph Edkins, who wrote extensively on the Buddhists, gives a thoroughly descriptive account of Chinese Buddhism. He describes its history and the schools of Chinese Buddhists. The author relies very much on Buddhist literature in describing the faith's moral system, calendar, images, procession, and literature.

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Preface to Second Addition
Preface
Introduction
A Life of Buddha
The Patriarchs of Northern Buddhists
Sketches of the History of Buddhism in China
The Schools of Chinese Buddhism
On Chi-K'ai and the T'ien-T'ai School of Buddhism
The Buddhist Moral System
The Buddhist Calendar
Relation of Buddhism to the Older Hindoo Mythology
The Buddhist Universe
The Extended Universe of Northern Buddhists
Buddhist Images and Image-Worship
Monasteries at P'u-To
Buddhist Processions, Associations, Pilgrimages, and Ceremonies for the Dead
Buddhist Literature
The Leng-Yen-King - First Chapters
The Ekashloka Shastra
Effects of Buddhism on the the Philosophy of the Sung Dynasty
Feng-Shui; Or, The Wind and Water Superstition of the Chinese
Buddhist Phraseology in Relation to Christian Teaching
Notice of the Wu-Wei-Kiau, A Reformed Buddhist Sect
Buddhism And Tauism in Their Popular Aspects
On the Use of Sanscrit by the Chinese Buddhists
Books and Papers that May Be Consulted For the Study of Chinese Buddhism