The spread of Buddhism / edited by Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heirman, Ann.

Bumbacher, Stephan Peter.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies 16.

Handbook of oriental studies. Section eight, Central Asia, 0169-8524 ; v. 16 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--East Asia--History.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Asia, Central--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 474 pages) : map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and spread, but this role was different from region to region. Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped the presence of particular forms of Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India. The result is a fascinating view on the mechanisms that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in regions such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea.

Contents:

Preliminary material / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher

Introduction: The Spread of buddhism / Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher

The first turning of the wheel of the doctrine— Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika controversy / Bart Dessein

Buddhism in Gandhara / Siglinde Dietz

The spread of buddhism in Serindia—Buddhism among iranians, tocharians and turks before the 13th century / Xavier Tremblay

Greece, the final frontier?—The westward spread of buddhism / Erik Seldeslachts

Vinaya: from India to China / Ann Heirman

Early buddhism in China: Daoist reactions / Stephan Peter Bumbacher

Tantric threads between India and China / Martin Lehnert

The Accounts of Milbon, Hyet’ong and Myŏngnang in the Samguk Yusa / Pol Vanden Broucke

The buddhist way into Tibet / Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz

The later spread of buddhism in Tibet / Sven Bretfeld

The history of buddhism among the mongols / Klaus Sagaster

The spread of Chan (Zen) buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk

Index of names / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher

Index of places / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher

Index of titles / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92630-2

9786611926304

90-474-2006-3

OCLC:

302416879

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158306.i-474 DOI