Images, Relics, and Legends: The Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites

The volume sheds new light on issues such as pilgrimage; the development of Buddhist monasticism; the remembrance of Buddhist saints and patriarchs; Buddhist sacred sites and more, and deepens our understanding of the Buddhist tradition. The volume contains thirteen original articles plus a preface and full bibliography. The volume is a Festschrift in honor of Professor Koichi Shinohara of Yale University.

Author: James A. Benn,Jinhua Chen,James Robson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mosaic Press
Published: 01/06/2010
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780889629097