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An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism - With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases (Paperback)
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An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism - With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan
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William Montgomery McGovern's Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was
one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western
audience. It predates influential English language overviews of
Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was
born in New York City in 1897 and spent his latter teenage years
(1914-1917) training at the Nishi Hongwanji Mahayana Buddhist
monastery in Kyoto, Japan. He founded the Mahayana Association at
age eighteen and edited and published the journal "Mahayanist"
while completing his studies at the monastery. Introduction to
Mahayana Buddhism was written as part of a thesis which secured him
his Buddhist degree and an honorary ordination as a Buddhist
priest. Intended as a simplified and introductory text for a lay
audience, the book reflects the unique perspective of a Westerner
trained in Japan at a time when Mahayana Buddhism was little known
in the West. Referencing Buddhist literature, it gives a short
history of Buddhism and the divergence of schools of Buddhist
philosophy, introduces the four noble truths, the philosophy of
Karma, the nature of Buddhahood, reincarnation and the road to
nirvana, Buddhist cosmology, and psychological and philosophical
elements of Buddhist teachings. Although the divisions of non
Mahayana Buddhist sects and philosophy described may be considered
dated, Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism remains significant for
its historical value in presenting Eastern religious and
philosophical thought to Westerners at a pivotal time in history.
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