Chih-I 538-597 : an introduction to the life and ideas of a Chinese Buddhist monk

by Leon Hurvitz

$150 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Bruxelles: Institute belge des hautes écoles chinoises, 1980. First edition, 8vo, pp. 4 , 372; largely unopened; generally fine in original printed pea-green wrappers. Issued as volume XII in the publisher's Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques series. Chih-i or Zhiyi was a Chinese Buddhist monk, philosopher, meditation teacher, and exegete. He is considered to be the founder of the Tiantai Buddhist tradition, as well as its fourth patriarch. Śramaṇa

• Binding: Wrappers

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