The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture (The Great Civilizations) - Softcover

Richard Gombrich

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ISBN 10: 0500276285 ISBN 13: 9780500276280

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1991

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'The range is impressive; its historical depth ... and geographical breadth make it a useful reference for specialists and general readers alike' - Times Literary Supplement

Reseña del editor:

Half a millennium before Jesus, more than a millennium before Mohammed, the Buddha found Enlightenment. Today the number of his followers far exceeds the number of Christians and Muslims added together. Here, the fortunes of Buddhism are traced through time and space, from the founding of the world's largest monastic Order in north-eastern India 2,500 years ago to contemporary Europe and America. This volume, the result of years of painstaking and imaginative research and preparation, presents the whole of that contribution to Asiatic civilization in a vivid and authoritative manner. World-renowned scholars provide the eleven chapters, accompanied by illustrations drawn from the astonishing wealth of Buddhist art.

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0500276285
• ISBN 13: 9780500276280
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
• Herausgeber: Heinz Bechert