ISBN10: 9380651406, ISBN13: 9789380651408, [publisher: Vidyanidhi Prakashan] Hardcover pp. xvi + 255 Illus. (Mostly Col.), Maps (Col.)
[Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]

Vidyanidhi Prakashan , pp. xvi + 255, Maps (Col.) 1st Edition . Hardback. New. Vidyanidhi Prakashan ISBN 9380651406 9789380651408 [US]

ISBN10: 9380651406, ISBN13: 9789380651408, [publisher: Vidyanidhi Prakashan] Hardcover First Edition Contents: 1. The study of East Asian Buddhism in the West: a brief overview/Max Deeg. 2. Making culture portable: silk road merchants and monks as a bridge between Indian and East Asian Buddhism/Amita Satyal. 3. Monks and merchants in the making of a transoceanic world: Chan Missionaries in maritime East Asia 1650-1750/Charles J. Wheeler. 4. Chinese translation of Buddhist Sutras related to filial piety as a response to Confucian criticism of Buddhists being unfilial/Guang Xing. 5. Eccentric portraits: image, visuality and the challenge of chan art/Paramita Paul. 6. Japanes zen monk sesshu toyo's art/Anu Jindal. 7. Masters of the Tibetan mani mantra/Zsoka Gelle. 8. Nagarjuna on temporary happiness and liberation: readings of the Ratnavali in India, Tibet and China/Burkhard Scherer. 9. Faxian, xuanzang yijing hye ch's and zhao Rugua as sources for the study of the decline of Buddhism in India/K.T.S. Sarao. 10. Literary resources of Indo-newar Buddhism in Japan/Shanker Thapa. History's first world religion played its role in bringing the known lauds of those times together, grew according to the genius and needs of their own cultures, making human living more picturesque and meaningful and remains relevant in modern hard times, expanding in social service and other activities, such as in Taiwan, Dalai Lama's peace initiatives etc. The editor, an ...