The cultural practices of modern Chinese Buddhism attuning the dharma /
"This book explores Buddhism in China during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the multifaceted dissemination of Buddhist-inspired cultural and social practices. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, including previously unstudied the experiences of important i...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2007
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| Series: | Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : modern Buddhist cultures
- The cultural practices of Buddhist modernity
- Shanghai Buddhism
- Vegetarian identities
- The esoteric fever
- Printing the dharma
- Buddhist canons
- Yang Wenhui
- Awakening the faith
- Buddhist books beyond China
- Shanghai Buddhist publishers and writers
- The Sanskrit Buddhism of Su Manshu
- Life and death in Feng Zikai's drawings
- The Buddhist periodical press
- Buddhism, religion and the nation
- Images of modern Buddhism
- The sound of modern Buddhism
- Li Shutong : from Shanghai to Tokyo, and back
- Li Shutong leaves home
- Songs of nationalism
- The power of song
- Hymns, anthems and songs
- Songs of modernity
- Buddhist songs
- Continuities and discontinuities
- Scientific gadgets : Buddhist radio and phonograph recordings
- Buddhist songs in the digital age