Author Archives: Michael Radich

Michael Radich was born in New Zealand. He received his PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, and currently teaches and researches at Victoria University of Wellington (in New Zealand). His fields of research specialisation are early medieval Chinese Buddhism (especially in the fifth and sixth centuries), Mahayana Buddhist texts and ideas, the transfer of Buddhism to China, and Yogacara Buddhist philosophy. He is married with two children.

Buddhism

My aim here is to list and cor­rect some com­mon mis­nomers about Bud­dhism. These mis­con­cep­tions are com­mon among peo­ple in West­ern soci­eties who know some­thing about Bud­dhism — they seem to be part of what passes for com­mon “knowl­edge” about Bud­dhism — so read­ers who know very lit­tle about Bud­dhism might won­der what all the …

April 19, 2011 – 11:16 | By Michael Radich | Michael Radich was born in New Zealand. He received his PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, and currently teaches and researches at Victoria University of Wellington (in New Zealand). His fields of research specialisation are early medieval Chinese Buddhism (especially in the fifth and sixth centuries), Mahayana Buddhist texts and ideas, the transfer of Buddhism to China, and Yogacara Buddhist philosophy. He is married with two children. | About Buddhism, Religion | Tags , , | Comments (0)