Robert H. Sharf. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: a Reading of the Treasure Store Treatise.(Book Review)

From: China Review International | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Welter, Albert | Copyright information

Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism 14. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. xiii, 400 pp. Hardcover $47.00, ISBN 0-8248-2443-1.

Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is a welcome addition to the growing number of studies in the field that readdress long-held assumptions about the "essential" nature of Buddhism, and its relation to Chinese culture. The book's contents are divided into an introduction and two parts. The introduction, "Prolegomenon to ...

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