Chinese Buddhism
A Volume of Ssketches, historical, descriptive and critical
by Joseph Edkins
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Joseph Edkins, who wrote extensively on the Buddhists, gives a thorough 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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Buddhism, Religion, Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, History, Buddhism, china, BouddhismePlaces
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Includes the life of Buddha in four chapters, the Patriarchs of the Northern Buddhists, a sketch of the history of Buddhism in China, the Schools of Chinese Buddhism, the Buddhist Moral System, relation of Buddhism to Hindu Mythology, Buddhist Literature and the Buddhist Universe.
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