The Different Paths Of Buddhism
Subtitle: A Narrative-historical Introduction
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: February 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780813535616
Subjects: Buddhism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Buddhism - General; Buddhism - History
First sentence: The early Buddhist tradition is sometimes characterized in the popular imagination of Westerners as somber, serious, austere, and pessimistic.