Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia: Places of Practice

by JamesA.Benn (Editor), Lori Meeks (Editor), JamesRobson (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $73.38

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $161.90

  Offers a multifaceted discussion of religious, social, cultural, artistic and political functions of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan. This book explores the multiplicity of the institutions that make up 'the Buddhist monastery'.