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The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, 1900–1950Holmes Welch

Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, 1900–1950

by Holmes Welch

A detailed account of the organisation and daily life of Chinese Buddhist monasteries in the first half of the twentieth century, based on interviews with monks. It covers ordination, discipline, meditation halls and monastic economy.

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