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Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk

by James Carter

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The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles - poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation - to become one of the most prominent monks in China, founding numerous temples and schools and attracting crowds of students and disciples whe... Read more
The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles - poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation - to become one of the most prominent monks in China, founding numerous temples and schools and attracting crowds of students and disciples wherever he went. Heart of Buddha, Heart ofChina traces Tanxu''s journey from his birth in 1875 to his death in 1963. Through Tanxu''s life we come to know one of the most turbulent periods in Chinese history as it moved from empire to republic. James Carter draws on archives and interviews to provide a book that is part travelogue, parthistory, and part biography. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.68 in
Print pages240
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date April 15, 2014
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199367597
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