Chinese Buddhism : Popular Deities Illustrated

Book Id: WPLBN0000700142
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 4.01 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Chinese Buddhism : Popular Deities Illustrated
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network document.

Excerpt
Excerpt: This elementary book on Chinese Buddism and its more popularly worshipped Deities,

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Preface, iv -- An Introduction to Buddhism, 11 -- ?art ? - ?eities of ?hinese ?uddhism -- C?????? I -- A Typical Chinese Monastery, 21 -- C?????? II -- Chinese Buddhist Images, 24 -- C?????? III -- ?e Chinese Buddhist Pantheon, 27 -- Description of ?e Chinese Pantheon, 27 -- C?????? IV -- Chinese Buddhists Festive Days, 31 -- C?????? V -- ?e Buddha, 33 -- Who is ?e Buddha?, 33 -- ?e Great Enlightenment, 36 -- ?e Great Decease, 40 -- Prayers to the Buddha Sakyamuni, 43 -- C?????? VI -- Amitabha Buddha - ?Namo O-Mi-To Fwo?, 46 -- Who is Amitabha?, 46 -- Method of Prayer-Recitation, 48 -- Pure Land Buddhism, 50 -- Description of the Pure Land, 52 -- Amitabha Buddha?s Festive Day, 58 -- Ta-Shih-Chi P?usa, 60