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    The Buddhist Tradition

    In India, China and Japan

    Author William Theodore de Bary
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    $21.00 US
    Knopf | Vintage
    4.34"W x 7.26"H x 0.99"D  
    On sale Feb 12, 1972 | 448 Pages | 9780394716961
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    This book, compiled from basic Buddhist writings, presents a survey of Buddhist thought in India, China, and Japan, covering the central doctrines and practices of a religion that has profoundly influenced life in Asia. From this book one may observe not only the remarkable vitality of Buddhism in its spread through Asia, but also the essential links between widely diverse forms, showing how the spiritual message of the Buddha found expression in different historical and cultural circumstances.
    WM. Theodore de Bary, Carpentier Professor of Oriental Studies at Columbia University, is Provost Emeritus of that university. From 1969–70 he was president of the Association for Asian Studies. He is editor and coauthor of the three-volume Sources of Indian, Chinese and Japanese Tradition; Approaches to Asian Civilization; A Guide to Oriental Classics; and Self and Society in Ming Thought. View titles by William Theodore de Bary

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    This book, compiled from basic Buddhist writings, presents a survey of Buddhist thought in India, China, and Japan, covering the central doctrines and practices of a religion that has profoundly influenced life in Asia. From this book one may observe not only the remarkable vitality of Buddhism in its spread through Asia, but also the essential links between widely diverse forms, showing how the spiritual message of the Buddha found expression in different historical and cultural circumstances.

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    WM. Theodore de Bary, Carpentier Professor of Oriental Studies at Columbia University, is Provost Emeritus of that university. From 1969–70 he was president of the Association for Asian Studies. He is editor and coauthor of the three-volume Sources of Indian, Chinese and Japanese Tradition; Approaches to Asian Civilization; A Guide to Oriental Classics; and Self and Society in Ming Thought. View titles by William Theodore de Bary

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