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About The Book: Tibetan Buddhism discuss Buddhism as it had developed and been practiced in Tibet, and having developed into four major schools: Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. Titles include: Buddhism: Its Historical, Theoretical and Popular Aspects, Karma: A Story of Buddhist Ethics, The Gospel of Buddha: According to Old Records, The Light of Asia; Or, the Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism, Sermons of a Buddhist abbot; addresses on religious subjects, and Buddhist Hymns: Versified Translations from the Dhammapada and Various Other Sources. About The Author: Albert J. Edmunds (1857-1941), Albert J. Edmunds was born in England in 1857 and immigrated to the United States in 1885. He attended Friend’s school as a child and graduated from the University of London in 1877. Upon settling in the Philadelphia area, Edmunds became a librarian at Haverford College. After a short time at the Philadelphia Library, Edmunds joined the staff at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1891 and remained there until 1936. At an early age Edmunds, who never married, devoted his life to vegetarianism and academia. Throughout his life, Edmunds studied and wrote about Christianity and Buddhism in particular and religion in general and was the author of several published works. In addition to these scholarly pursuits, he was also a prolific poet, writing hundreds of poems and publishing a book of poetry in 1906 Fairmount Park and Other Poems. Edmunds died in 1941. Masaharu Anesaki (July 25, 1873 – July 23, 1949), also known under his pen name, was a leading Japanese intellectual and scholar of the Meiji period. Anesaki is credited as being the father of religious studies in Japan, but also wrote on a variety of subjects including culture, literature, and politics. He was also a member of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations. A devout Nichiren Buddhist, he also published such titles as "How Christianity appeals to a Japanese Buddhist" (Hibbert Journal, 1905). He translated Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung into Japanese and explored terms of understanding between Buddhism and Western Philosophy.