Buddhism: Rituals and Monastic Life

Name: Buddhism: Rituals and Monastic Life
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Zheng Lixin
ISBN: 9787119044903

Zheng Lixin

01/01/2007
Foreign Languages Press

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Couverture de Buddhism: Rituals and Monastic Life par Zheng Lixin

Résumé

this book gives a brief introductionto the chinese buddhist beliefs,history, sects, art, architecture, pagodas,monasteries, and sutras translated into chi-nese from the original sanskrit and otherindian languages. it also describes the foursacred buddhist mountains and five majorgrottoes travelers may wish to see, the organization of the buddhist monasteries and lifein the cloisters, buddhist festivals and majorbuddhist activities, as well as relations between chinese and foreign buddhist societies.