Robert H. Sharf is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: A Reading of the "Treasure Store Treatise." Elizabeth Horton Sharf is Master of Arts Program Advisor at the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michi
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