CHINESE BUDDHISM A Volume of Sketches Historical, Descriptive, and Critical

popular edition, original green cloth worn and soiled, pages yellowed, some slightlyrepaired, but overall good, 8vo, xxxiii-453p.,index. Classic early study on Chinese schools of Buddhism, literature, images, worship, philosophy, books, terminology. With copious and very useful index. Contents: Introduction; A Life of Buddha; Chapter 1. Life of Shakyamuni Till his appearance at Benares as a Teacher; Chapter II; Life of Buddha from His Appearance as a teacher at Benares to the conversion of Rahula; Chapter III. From the Commencement of Rahulas Religious life till the near approach of the Nirvana; Chapter IV. Last Discourses and Death of Buddha; Chapter V. The Patriarchs of the Northern Buddhists; Chapter VI. Sketch of the History of Buddhism in China; Chaper VII. The Schools of Chinese Buddhism; Chapter VIII. on CHikai and the then tai school; Chapter IX. The buddhist moral system; Chapter x. The Buddhist Calendar; Chapter XI. Relation of Buddhism to the Older Hindoo Mythology; Chapter XII. The Buddhist Universe; Chapter XIII. The Extended Universe of the Northern Buddhists; Chapter XIV. Buddhist Images and Image worship; Chapter XV. Monasteries at Puto; Chapter XVI. Buddhist Processions, Associations, Pilgrimages and ceremonies for the dead; Chapter XVII. Buddhist Literature; Chapter XVIII. The leng-yen-king First Chapter; Chapter XIX. The Ekasholka Shastra; Chapter XX. Effect of Buddhism on the Philosophy of the Sung Dynasty; Chapter XXI. Fengshui on the wind and water superstition of the chinese; Chapter XXII. Buddhist Phraseology in Relation to Christian Teachings; Chapter XXIII. Notice of the Wuweikaiua reformed buddhist sect; Chapter XXIV. Buddhism and Tauism in their popular aspects; Chapter XXV. On the use of Sanscrit by the chinese buddhists; Chapter XXVI. Books and papers that may be consulted for the study of chinese buddhism; alphabetical index of proper names and subjects; Alphabetical Index of Titles of books mentioned.