The spread of Buddhism / / edited by Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher.

• TeilnehmendeR: Heirman, Ann.; Bumbacher, Stephan Peter.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 474 pages) :; map
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary material / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher
• Introduction: The Spread of buddhism / Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher
• The first turning of the wheel of the doctrine— Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika controversy / Bart Dessein
• Buddhism in Gandhara / Siglinde Dietz
• The spread of buddhism in Serindia—Buddhism among iranians, tocharians and turks before the 13th century / Xavier Tremblay
• Greece, the final frontier?—The westward spread of buddhism / Erik Seldeslachts
• Vinaya: from India to China / Ann Heirman
• Early buddhism in China: Daoist reactions / Stephan Peter Bumbacher
• Tantric threads between India and China / Martin Lehnert
• The Accounts of Milbon, Hyet’ong and Myŏngnang in the Samguk Yusa / Pol Vanden Broucke
• The buddhist way into Tibet / Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz
• The later spread of buddhism in Tibet / Sven Bretfeld
• The history of buddhism among the mongols / Klaus Sagaster
• The spread of Chan (Zen) buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk
• Index of names / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher
• Index of places / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher
• Index of titles / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher.