ISBN:
9780295748474
,
9780295748467
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 207 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bruntz, Courtney Pure Land in the Making: Vietnamese Buddhism in the US Gulf South. By Allison J. Truitt 2021
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Truitt, Allison Pure land in the making
DDC:
294.3/9260976
Keywords:
Pure Land Buddhism
;
Vietnamese Americans Religious life
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Religious aspects
;
Buddhism
;
United States Civilization
;
Pure Land influences
;
USA
;
Golfküste
;
Vietnamesen
;
Buddhismus
;
Diaspora
Abstract:
Introduction -- 1. Spreading Buddhism -- 2. Recruiting Monks -- 3. Building a Hall for Buddha -- 4. Honoring Mothers -- 5. Preparing to Die Well -- Conclusion: Regenerating Buddhism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"Most Vietnamese practice Pure Land, a form of Mahayana Buddhism. Pure Land is prevalent in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam but is less familiar in the United States, where the scholarly and popular literature has focused on Zen and Theravada Buddhism. Rituals such as chanting sutras, reciting the names of buddhas and bodhisattvas, and making merit so one may be reborn in the Pure Land or Western Paradise associated with Amitabha Buddha defy what many Americans understand as Buddhism. Pure Land, Home Land explores intertwining spiritual orientations utilized by Vietnamese in the United States as they deal with loss and sacrifice experienced during the war in their homeland and in adjusting to life in a new place, while seeking refuge in Buddhist centers as a collective expression of staying Vietnamese. The book contributes to critical refugee studies by showing how the key Buddhist practice of "seeking refuge" in the Three Jewels-the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha-is of both spiritual and political significance to Vietnamese American communities. This ethnographic study of immigrant communities in the American Gulf South, from Louisiana to Florida, shows how Vietnamese refugees draw on Buddhist ideals and rituals to make sense of the aftermath of war and to rebuild their lives in diaspora"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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