The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture by Edited by Heinz Bechert & Richard Gombrich lands on the shelves of my shop.
London: Thames & Hudson, 1993, Paperback.
Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Colour Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Maps;
From the cover: Half a millennium before Jesus, more than a millennium before Mohammed, the Buddha found Enlightenment. Today there are as many Buddhist believers as Christians and Muslims combined. The fortunes of Buddhism are traced through time and space, from the founding of the worlds largest monastic order in northeastern India 2,500 years ago to contemporary Europe and America, where many are attracted by this supremely civilized ethos of benevolence, honesty and self-control.
The spread, decline and resurgence of Buddhism is central to whole epochs and cultures in the eastern half of the globe. The result of years of painstaking and imaginative research and preparation, this volume presents in a vivid and authoritative manner the whole of Buddhisms widely ramified formative influence on Asiatic civilization. World-renowned scholars provide the eleven chapters, which are richly illustrated with examples drawn from the fabulous canon of Buddhist art.
Introduction by: Heinz Bechert
Very Good.
308 pages. Index. Bibliography. 11¾” x 8¾”.
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