ISBN:
9781501723469
,
9781501723483
,
1501723464
,
1501723480
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 303 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976- author Battling the Buddha of love
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976 - Battling the Buddha of love
DDC:
294.3/437
Keywords:
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
;
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
;
Mahayana Buddhism Relations
;
Buddhist converts
;
Mahayana Buddhism
;
Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult
;
Ethnology
;
Mahayana Buddhism Relations
;
Buddhist converts
;
Mahayana Buddhism India
;
Kushinagar (District)
;
Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult
;
India
;
Kushinagar (District)
;
Ethnology India
;
Kushinagar (District)
;
Buddhist converts
;
Ethnology
;
Interfaith relations
;
Mahayana Buddhism
;
Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Cult
;
Mahayana
;
Gelugpa
;
Erhaltung
;
Kushinagar
;
Maitreja
;
Statue
;
Mahayana
;
Gelugpa
;
Erhaltung
;
Kushinagar
;
Maitreja
;
Statue
;
Maitreya Project
;
FPMT
Abstract:
Community/sangha : FPMT's transnational Buddhists -- Religious practice/dharma : global Buddhism, translation and heritage -- The statue/murti : planning a colossal Maitreya -- The relics/sarira : worship, transmission, and fundraising with the relic tour -- Aspiration/asha : hope, the future tense, and making (up) progress on the Maitreya project -- Holy place/tirtha : social life in the place of the Buddha's death -- Steadfastness/aditthana : Indian farmers resist the Buddha of love -- Loving-kindness/maitri : ethics, values and progress in the shadow of Maitreya -- Compassionate practice/karuna : advocacy anthropology and engagement -- Conclusion : faith/shraddha : guru devotion, agency and belief -- Epilogue : rebirth/samsara : the future of the Maitreya project
Abstract:
"This ethnography explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as they worked to build the world's tallest statue as a multi-million dollar gift to India"--
Note:
Bibliographie: Seiten 279-295 und Index: Seiten 297-303
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