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7-1-1975
Three Studies in Non-Tantric Buddhist CultFormsGregory Schopen
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Recommended CitationSchopen, Gregory, "Three Studies in Non-Tantric Buddhist Cult Forms" (1975). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2582.http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/2582
MASTER OF ARTS (1975)(Religious Sciences)
McMASTER UNIVERSITYHamilton, Ontario
TITLE: Three Studies in Non-Tantric Buddhist Cult Forms
AUTHOR: Gregory Schopen, B.A. (Black Hills State College)
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SUPERVISOR: .Professor Jsn Yun-hua
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SCOPE AND CONTENTS:. This thesis ~ttempts to present three separate
but related bodies of material which might contribute towards the
eventual establishment of a new basic descriptive category in' the
field of Buddhist Studies: non-tancric puja. The first part deals,
with a previously unncknowleaged form of the relic-cult; the second,
with an equally unacknowledged cult of the book; the third with the
image-eult. A.fourth part indicates a few problematic factors
involved in future research. in the area.
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