Book

Buddhism

Call Number

  • 294.3 W2469C (CEN)

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Edition

4th ed.

Publication Information

New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.

Physical Description

144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Summary

The story of Buddhism's origins and its development into three major schools of thought--and presents the particular beliefs and practicesof those schools of Buddhism that still flourish today.

Notes

Chelsea House and Facts on File are both imprints of Infobase Publishing.

Contents

  • Introduction: The modern Buddhist world
  • The life of the Buddha
  • The spread of Buddhism
  • The varieties of Buddhism
  • The literature of Buddhism
  • The arts and Buddhism
  • The year in Buddhism
  • Buddhism today.

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