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The Buddhist religion : a historical introduction

Title
The Buddhist religion : a historical introduction / Richard H. Robinson, Willard L. Johnson, assisted by Kathryn Tsai, Shinzen Young.
Author
Robinson, Richard H., 1926-
Publication
Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1982.

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Additional Authors
Johnson, Willard L., 1939-
Description
xii, 290 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
The religious life of man series
Uniform Title
Religious life of man series
Subjects
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [243]-269.
Contents
Foreword -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Note on linguistics -- Part 1: The Buddhism of South Asia. Introduction ; 1. Gautama's enlightenment ; 2. The Buddha as teacher ; 3. Development of Indian Buddhism ; 4. Beginnings of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India ; 5. Soteriology and pantheon of the Mahāyāna ; 6. Buddhist Tantra ; 7. Facets of later Indian Buddhism -- Part 2: The development of Buddhism outside India. Introduction ; 8. The Buddhism of Southeast Asia ; 9. Buddhism in the Tibetan culture area ; 10. East Asian Buddhism ; 11. Buddhism Comes West -- Appendix: Buddhist meditation -- Glossary -- An overview of the Buddhist scriptures.
ISBN
  • 053401027X
  • 9780534010270
LCCN
81016059
OCLC
  • ocm07924929
  • 7924929
  • SCSB-47876
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library