Heart of Buddha, heart of China the life of Tanxu, a twentieth-century monk
The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles - poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation - to become one of the most prominent monks in China. In this book, James Carter draws on untapped archival materials to provide a book that is part travelogue, part history and part biography...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles - poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation - to become one of the most prominent monks in China. In this book, James Carter draws on untapped archival materials to provide a book that is part travelogue, part history and part biography of this remarkable man |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780199894413 0199894418 |