Walter Liebenthal
Walter Liebenthal
(12 June 1886 – 15 November 1982), was a German philosopher and
sinologist who specialized in
Chinese Buddhism. He translated many philosophical works from
Pali,
Sanskrit and specially from Chinese into
German. Based upon his extensive research in
Indian Buddhism and
Chinese religion, one of his main conclusions was that early Chinese Buddhism through Ch'an (
Zen-) was not a Chinese version of Indian Buddhism, but rather, that it developed from
Taoism, a Chinese religion. Indian concepts are present, but at the core it represents a Chinese perspective.
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