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Edward Conze
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ISBN: 0486430952
Page Count: 240
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Based on a series of Oxford lectures delivered by a well-known Buddhist scholar, this volume covers the entire range of Buddhist thought. It introduces Buddhism as both religion and philosophy, discusses its common ground with other faiths throughout the world, contrasts monastic and popular Buddhism, and defines old and new schools of thought.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1959.

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