The Christian-Buddhist Life and Works of Dwight Goddard
In 1932, Dwight Goddard introduced a collection of Mahayana Buddhist texts translated from the Chinese. This collection, entitled "A Buddhist Bible," has helped introduce many Americans to Mahayana. The publication of the texts marked the end of a fascinating journey on the part of Goddard...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Hawaii Press
1996
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Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 16, Pages: 3-10 |
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| Summary: | In 1932, Dwight Goddard introduced a collection of Mahayana Buddhist texts translated from the Chinese. This collection, entitled "A Buddhist Bible," has helped introduce many Americans to Mahayana. The publication of the texts marked the end of a fascinating journey on the part of Goddard from engineer, to Christian missionary and minister, to student, to practitioner of Zen Buddhism. The best record of this journey is Goddard's own writings. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-9472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1390146 |