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... Buddhism under. During the 5th and 6th centuries AD Buddhist schools from India became established , and new , specifically Chi- nese schools began to form . Buddhism was becoming a powerful intellectual force in China , monastic ...
... Buddhism under. During the 5th and 6th centuries AD Buddhist schools from India became established , and new , specifically Chi- nese schools began to form . Buddhism was becoming a powerful intellectual force in China , monastic ...
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... Buddhist policies that , despite their brutality , have failed to break the bond between Buddhism and the Tibetan sense of identity . In Kampuchea and Laos , similarly , communist rule ( includ- ing even the reign of terror imposed by ...
... Buddhist policies that , despite their brutality , have failed to break the bond between Buddhism and the Tibetan sense of identity . In Kampuchea and Laos , similarly , communist rule ( includ- ing even the reign of terror imposed by ...
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... Buddhism in Contemporary Burma ( 1964 , reissued 1990 ) ; and MELFORD E. SPIRO , Buddhism and Society : A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes , 2nd expanded ed . ( 1982 ) . Various historical and contemporary aspects of Thai ...
... Buddhism in Contemporary Burma ( 1964 , reissued 1990 ) ; and MELFORD E. SPIRO , Buddhism and Society : A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes , 2nd expanded ed . ( 1982 ) . Various historical and contemporary aspects of Thai ...
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