From Benares to Beijing: Essays on Buddhism and Chinese Religion

From Benares to Beijing brings together thirteen essays by leading scholars of Chinese and Indian civilization from Europe, North America and Asia. The essays cover a wide range of covering a wide range of topics in Indian and Chinese culture and religion and offer fresh insights into the study of the Asian traditions. Essays include “A Biographical Sketch and Bibliography of his Published Work Professor Jan Yun-Hua”, “Buddhaghosa’s Penance and Siddhasena’s Crime”, “Taoist Thought in the Kuan-tzu” and “Monks and the Relic Cult in the Mahaparinibbanasutta.”