Buddhism in the Modern World : Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition.

Buddhism in the Modern World : Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition.

The history of Buddhism has been characterized by an ongoing tension between attempts to preserve traditional ideals and modes of practice and the need to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Many developments in Buddhist history, such as the infusion of esoteric rituals, the rise of devotionalism...

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Main Author: Heine, Steven
Other Authors: Prebish, Charles S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Buddhism > History > 20th century.
Buddhism
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Traditions and Transformations in Modern Buddhism; 1. Aniconism Versus Iconism in Thai Buddhism; 2. The Modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as Reflected in the Dambulla Cave Temples; 3. Varying the Vinaya: Creative Responses to Modernity; 4. Master Hongyi Looks Back: A Modern Man Becomes a Monk in Twentieth-Century China; 5. Transitions in the Practice and Defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism; 6. Won Buddhism: The Historical Context of Sot'aesan's Reformation of Buddhism for the Modern World.
  • 7. Abbreviation or Aberration: The Role of the Shushogi in Modern Soto Zen Buddhism8. "By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree": Politics and the Issue of the Ordination Platform in Modern Lay Nichiren Buddhism; 9. The Making of the Western Lama; 10. "Liberate the Mahabodhi Temple!" Socially Engaged Buddhism, Dalit-Style; Index.

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