In Search of the Dharma

In Search of the DharmaThis is the first and only book in English on modern Chinese Buddhism written by a practicing Chinese monk. Chen hua provides a rare eyewitness account of Chinese monastic life and Buddhist practices before they were changed forever by the Communist revolution. It begins with his departure from home in northern China to study Buddhism in Kiansu and Chekiang in the south and ends with his rejoining the monastic order in Taiwan after spending several

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education and mental health around the question of what it means to be human today

Offering an analysis of media-related debates that affect future Europeans

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This chapter surveys the global cultivation of forage legumes and considers important challenges to achieving persistence and yield stability

Cassava is a basic staple food in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries

With quotations from letters

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