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Robert Sharf

Robert Sharf is a professor of Buddhist Studies at U.C. Berkeley. He works primarily in the area of medieval Chinese Buddhism (especially Chan), but he also dabbles in Japanese Buddhism, Buddhist art, ritual studies, and methodological issues in the study of religion. He is author of Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: A Reading of the Treasure Store Treatise (2002), and co-editor of Living Images: Japanese Buddhist Icons in Context (2001). He has provided an entry to the DDB on the Treasure Store Treatise. [2004/07/27]