Amitabha, A Story of Buddhist Theology

Description

Amitabha, A Story of Buddhist Theology is a book by German-American author Paul Carus, first published in 1906. This is a short story set in the first century CE during the height of Buddhism in India. Carus uses the story as a frame to discuss Buddhist concepts of God, non-violence and religious tolerance. During his lifetime, Carus, a prolific author on Buddhism, Taoism, philosophy, and other topics, published 75 books and 1500 articles, mostly through Open Court Publishing Company, of which he was the proprietor.

This book has 20,183 words, 41 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1906.

Production notes: This ebook of Amitabha, A Story of Buddhist Theology was published by Global Grey on the 4th January 2023. The artwork used for the cover is 'The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura' by John La Farge.