The Wiley Blackwell companion to East and inner Asian Buddhism / [Book] edited by Mario Poceski.

Contributor(s):

Poceski, Mario

Material type: Text

TextDescription: xv, 535 pages : 26 cmISBN:

9781118610336 (cloth)

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DDC classification:

294.3095 23

Other classification:

294.3095

Summary: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism combines outstanding contributions covering Buddhism as it developed and is practiced in this region. These newly-commissioned essays provide fresh scholarly perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, and practices. •Offers a comprehensive and balanced survey of Buddhism within East and Central Asia, from the time of the Buddha through to the present day •Provides fresh perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, traditions, doctrines, practices, and institutions – on topics spanning gender roles, tantric rituals, and the spread of Zen into Europe •Brings together cutting-edge research by an interdisciplinary and international contributor team, including historians, literature scholars, and historians, as well as those from religious studies •Presents a panoramic view of the extraordinary richness and variety of local Buddhist expressions and practices within Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Tibetan, cultures

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor	294.3095 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		58333
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor	624.068 WOU-W (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		45366

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism combines outstanding contributions covering Buddhism as it developed and is practiced in this region. These newly-commissioned essays provide fresh scholarly perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, and practices. •Offers a comprehensive and balanced survey of Buddhism within East and Central Asia, from the time of the Buddha through to the present day •Provides fresh perspectives on a wide range of concepts, texts, traditions, doctrines, practices, and institutions – on topics spanning gender roles, tantric rituals, and the spread of Zen into Europe •Brings together cutting-edge research by an interdisciplinary and international contributor team, including historians, literature scholars, and historians, as well as those from religious studies •Presents a panoramic view of the extraordinary richness and variety of local Buddhist expressions and practices within Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Tibetan, cultures

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