Haunting the Buddha Indian popular religions and the formation of Buddhism

Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social & political contexts, by analysis of the early monks & nuns, what beliefs they brought with them from their upbringing & how the new faith offered them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage min...

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Main Author: DeCaroli, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University 2004, c2004
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