Once upon a Future Time: Studies in a Buddhist Prophecy of Decline

by Jan Nattier

An in-depth study of Buddhist theories of the decline and disappearance of their own religion. Nattier's work challenges previous assumptions on this topic and focuses on the critical study of the "Kausambi Story," a Buddhist prophecy of decline, in its Tibetan, Central Asian, and Chinese variants.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1991