History, Material Culture and Auspicious Events at the Purple Cloud: Buddhist Monasticism at Quanzhou Kaiyuan
Quanzhou Kaiyuan Monastery is an important Buddhist monastery on the Southeast coast of China, in Fujian. It was founded in the seventh century and survives with artifacts from every imperial dynasty stretching back more than one thousand years. Today it is the home of more than eighty monks and the...
Other Authors: | Kripal, Jeffrey J. |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70373 |
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