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JAPANESE BUDDHISM IBD

ROUTLEDGE
08 / 2015
9780415759878
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Sinopsis

Written as a companion to EliotâÇÖs 3-volume Hinduism and Buddhism thisátext begins with an overview of Buddhism as practiced in India and China beforeápresenting an in deptháaccount ofáthe history of Buddhism in Japan. Itáfollows theádevelopment of the Buddhist movement in Japan from its official introduction in AD 552, through the Nara, Heian and Tokugawa periods, detailing the rises of the various Buddhist sects in Japan, including Nichiren and Zen. Thoroughly researched and well-written, it was the last work published by Eliot, one of the great scholars of Eastern religion and philosophy at the time.