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An Introduction to Mahāyāna Buddhism With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases
By William McGovern
Copyright 1922
258 Pages
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Routledge
244 Pages
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Routledge
244 Pages
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Routledge
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William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and spent his latter teenage years (1914-1917) training at the Nishi Hongwanji Mahayana Buddhist... Read more
Introduction: The Doctrinal Evolution of Buddhism. I Epistemology and Logic. II The Nature of the Absolute and Its Relation to the Universe. III The Trikāya – the Buddhist Doctrine of the Trinity. IV The Nature and Powers of Buddhahood. V Psyhology – Elemnts of Existence. VI The Wheel of Life and Road to Nirvāna. Conclusion: A Short History of Buddhism and the Principal Buddhist Sects. Appendix: The Sacred Literature of the Buddhists.
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William McGovern
