The philosophy of Chinese Buddhism. Torchinov E.A.

Evgeny Alekseevich Torchinov (1956–2003) - Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor, one of the leading Chinese and Buddhists of Russia, the legend of the St. Petersburg Oriental Studies, Buddhist teacher. Chinese Buddhism of the VI-IX centuries, without which it is impossible to understand the entire Far Eastern Buddhist tradition: “A treatise on the awakening of faith in Mahayana”, a treatise of Zun-Mi “On the Flight of Man” and the treatise of Hun-Jane “On the Basics of Improvement of Consciousness”. An introductory article, a detailed analysis of each text and comments of Yevgeny Torchinov reveal the philosophy of Chinese Buddhism even for an unprepared reader.