The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780691096759
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; China; Religion; Asia - China; Buddhism - General; Asian and Asian American Studies; Religion / Buddhism; Material culture
First sentence: CERTAIN Buddhist objects in China were believed to contain sacred power that would manifest itself in a variety of ways, depending on the object in which it inhered.