by Bernard Faure (Editor), Michel Strickmann (Author)
This work argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 01 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0804739404
ISBN 13: 9780804739405