Chinese Buddhism: A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and CriticalFirst Published in 2000. This is Volume VI of six of the Oriental series looking at Arabic History and Culture. It was written in 1922, and presents discussions around the religion of Buddhism in China along with Tausim, Confucianism and Buddhist art. It highlights the Chinese Buddhists who contented for the immortality of the soul in the Northern Doctrines, against the followers of Confucius, that gave Chinese Buddhism a base and energy for the founding of new schools. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A LIFE OF BUDDHA
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CHAPTER IILIFE OF BUDDHA FROM HIS APPEARANOE AS A THACHER AT BENARES TO THE CONVERSION OF RAHULA
| 27 |
CHAPTER III FROM THE COMMNOEMENT OF BABULAS RELIGIOUS LIFE TILL THE NEAR APPROACH OF THE NIRVANA
| 34 |
CHAPTER IV LAST DISCOURSES AND DEATH OF BUDDHA
| 46 |
CHAPTER V THE PATRIARCHS OF THE NORTHERN BUDDHISTS
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CHAPTER VI SKETOH OF THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN CHINA
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CHAPTER VII THE SCHOOLS OF CHINESE BUDDHISM
| 155 |
CHAPTER XV MONASTERIES AT PUTO
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CHAPTER XVI BUDDHIST PROCMESIONS ASSOCIATIONS PILGRIMAGES AND CEREMONIES FOR THE DEAD
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CHAPTER XVII BUDDHIST LITERATURE
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CHAPTER XVIII THE LENGYENKINGFIRST OHAPTER
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CHAPTER XIX THE EKASHLOKA SHASTRA
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CHAPTER XX EFFEOT OF BUDDHISM ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUNG DYNASTY
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CHAPTER XXI FENGSHUI OR THE WIND AND WATER SUPERSTITION OF THE CHINESE
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CHAPTER XXII BUDDHIST PHRASEOLOGY IN RELATION TO CHRISTIAN TEACHING
| 353 |
CHAPTER VIII ON CHIKAI AND THE TIENTAI SCHOOL OF BUDDHIISM
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CHAPTER IX THE
BUDDHIST MORAL SYSTEM | 188 |
CHAPTER X THE BUDDHIST CALENDAR
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CHAPTER XI RELATION OF BUDDHISM TO THE OLDER HINDOO MYTHOLOGY
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CHAPTER XII THE BUDDHIST UNIVERSE
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CHAPTER XIII THE EXTENDED UNIVERSE OF THE NORTHERN BUDDHISTS
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CHAPTER XIV BUDDHIST IMAGES AND IMAGEWORSHIP
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CHAPTER XXIII NOTICE OF TUE WUWEIKIAU A REFORMED BUDDHIST SECT
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CHAPTER XXIV BUDDHISM AND TAUISM IN THEIR POPULAR ASPECTS
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CHAPTER XXV ON THE USE OF SANSCRIT BY TITE CHINESE BUDDHISTS
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CHAPTER XXVI BOOKS AND PAPERS THAT MAY BE CONSULTED FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE BUDDHISM
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