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Where can I read and learn about Buddhist history?
Episode 109
Published 1 year, 2 months ago
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Spellings for the recommended temple names:
Seattle Koyasan (Shingon)
Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji (Nichiren)Bhante Jayasara’s Maggasekha community (Theravada)Buddhist Churches of America (various)
Sources:
Richard Foltz 2010, Religions of the Silk Road
Paul Williams 2005 Buddhism: Buddhist origins and the early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia
Erik Zurcher 2007 The Buddhist Conquest of China
Carl Olson 2005 The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative-Historical Introduction
Edward Conze’s 2008 book, “Buddhism. A Short History”
Richard F Gombrich’s 1997 book, “How Buddhism Began”