The Huayan University Network: The Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China

by Erik J Hammerstrom and Erik J. Hammerstrom

In the early twentieth century, Chinese Buddhists sought to strengthen their tradition through publications, institution building, and initiatives aimed at raising the educational level of the monastic community. In The Huayan University Network, Erik J. Hammerstrom examines how Huayan Buddhism was imagined, taught, and practiced during this time of profound political and social change and, in so doing, recasts the history of twentieth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231194307
• ISBN13: 9780231194303
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"