Transplanting Buddhism : an investigation into the spread of Buddhism, with reference to Buddhism in South Africa

Transplanting Buddhism : an investigation into the spread of Buddhism, with reference to Buddhism in South Africa

While it is an undeniable historical fact that Buddhism has spread far beyond India, adapting to local circumstances and spawning new variations in the process, the process by means of which it did so is obscure. Recent scholarship has shown that to impute a sense of"mission" to Buddhism i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clasquin-Johnson, Michel
Other Authors: Kruger, J. S. (Jacobus Stefanus), 1940-
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Buddhism
Transplantation
Great tradition
Little tradition
Meta-tradition
Representation
Relational positioning
Respectability and establishment
Re-enlightenment
South Africa
294.30968
Buddhism > South Africa > History
Buddhism > South Africa
Online Access:Clasquin, M. (Michel) (1999) Transplanting Buddhism : an investigation into the spread of Buddhism, with reference to Buddhism in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17894>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17894

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Clasquin, M. (Michel) (1999) Transplanting Buddhism : an investigation into the spread of Buddhism, with reference to Buddhism in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17894>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17894

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