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This book, compiled from basic Buddhist writings, presents a survey of Buddhist thought in India, China, and Japan, covering the central doctrines and practices that has profoundly influenced human life in Asia. Developments in practical ethics, social attitudes, philosophical speculation, and... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- China
- Japan
- India
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Heaven
- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Pure Land
- Buddhacarita
- Hinduism
- Kyoto
- Nembutsu
- Ashoka
- Bodhisattva
- Bihar
- Ceylon
- Theravada
- Tendai
- Bengal
- Tathagata
- Esoteric Buddhism
- Kfikai
- Vairochana
- Madhyamika
- Central Asia
- Vasubandhu
- Kamakura
- Tantric Buddhism
- Mean
- Singala
- Mt. Hiei
- Vairayana
- Avalokiteshvara
- Paradise
- Sutra
- Tibet
First Sentence edit
Between the seventh and the fifth centuries B.C. the intellectual life of India was in ferment.
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Theodore De Bary (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 294.3
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