Buddhist encounters and identities across East Asia
Encounters, networks, identities and diversity are at the core of the history of Buddhism. They are also the focus of Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia , edited by Ann Heirman, Carmen Meinert and Christoph Anderl. While long-distance networks allowed Buddhist ideas to travel to all...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
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2018, [2018]
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| Series: | Dynamics in the history of religions
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Networks and Identities in the Buddhist World; Part 1 Translocal Networks; Chapter 1 Bagan Murals and the Sino-Tibetan World; Chapter 2 Noise along the Network: A Set of Chinese Ming Embroidered Thangkas in the Indian Himalayas; Chapter 3 Nation Founder and Universal Saviour: Guanyin and Buddhist Networks in the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms; Chapter 4 A Study on the Combination of the Deities Fudō and Aizen in Medieval Shingon Esoteric Buddhism
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Chapter 9 Buddhist Pilgrimage and Spiritual Identity: Korean Sŏn Monks Journeying to Tang China in Search of the DharmaChapter 10 The Rebirth Legend of Prince Shōtoku: Buddhist Networks in Ninth Century China and Japan; Chapter 11 Because They Entrusted to Them a Part of Their Buddhist Selves-Imagined Communities, Layered Identities, and Networking; Chapter 12 Bodily Care Identity in Buddhist Monastic Life of Ancient India and China: An Advancing Purity Threshold; Bibliography; Index
- Chapter 5 The Transmission of the Buddhadharma from India to China: An Examination of Kumārajīva's Transliteration of the Dhāraṇīs of the SaddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtraChapter 6 The Journey of Zhao Xian and the Exile of Royal Descendants in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368); Part 2 Negotiating and Constructing Identities; Chapter 7 Wailing for Identity: Topical and Poetic Expressions of Cultural Belonging in Chinese Buddhist Literature; Chapter 8 How the Dharma Ended Up in the "Eastern Country": Korean Monks in the Chinese Buddhist Imaginaire during the Tang and Early Song