The Flower of Chinese Buddhism

The Third Volume in the Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism series tells the fascinating story of the transformation of Buddhism into a world religion as it traveled from India, the land of the Buddha's birth, to China and beyond.

The wisdom and insight of key figures, including the great translator Kumarajiva and the Buddhist leader Tiantai Zhiyi, come vividly to the foreground in The Flower of Chinese Buddhism, illuminating the role of Buddhism in Chinese society and, by extension, in human society in general, charting a course that religion must follow to respond to the needs of the times, then and now.