62118X1 First Printing. Samuel Weiser, York Beach: 1997. 243 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. Provides an overview of the history and the tradition, tracing Buddhism from its inception in India to its transmission to China, and its subsequent blossoming throughout the world. Explains the various philosophical trends and evolution - Indian Buddhism in the time of King Ashoka; the initial transmission of Buddhism to China in the Late Han and Three Kingdoms periods; Buddhism in the Wei Jin, and Northern and Southern dynasties; the founding of Pure Land Buddhism; the Sui and Tang Periods; the Zen School's change of system; and the rise of esoteric Buddhism. He provides an overview of the Pure Land, Vinaya, Tiantai, Satyasiddhi, Three Treatises, Abhidharmakosha, Zen, Huayan/Avatamsaka, Faxiang/Yogacara, and Tantra/ Esoteric Schools. Includes an Index. ISBN: 1578630207 $17.10USD
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