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Toward a modern Chinese Buddhism : Taixu's reforms, Don. A. Pittman
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- Summary
- "The Venerable Master Taixu (1890-1947) is the most important and controversial Chinese Buddhist reformer of the twentieth century. Viewed as dangerously rash by conservative Buddhists, irrelevant by secular humanists, and spiritually misguided by Christian missionaries, Taixu was nevertheless committed to forging a socially engaged form of Buddhism and to organizing a Buddhist mission in the West. His bold and inventive "Buddhist revolution" continues to shape aspects of a revitalized Buddhism in East Asia and around the world. The present volume is the first major study in English to focus on the charismatic reformer and his teachings and provides a comprehensive and absorbing interpretation of Taixu's aims and the divisive controversies that surrounded him. This nuanced work is documented with quotations from Taixu's own writings and from various Chinese intellectuals and evangelists of the period." "As the most politically involved of all the Buddhist leaders in the Republican period, Taixu sought to present Mahayana Buddhism as the core of a new Chinese culture and the only adequate foundation for a truly global civilization. Distancing himself from those masters who focused on otherworldly paradises and stressed dependence on celestial buddhas and bodhisattvas, he emphasized what could actually be accomplished in this world through the work of thousands of living bodhisattvas dedicated to building a pure land here and now. A realist who acknowledged the complexities of the human condition in an increasingly interdependent and violent world, Taixu was also a utopian who tried to imagine how Buddhists could begin to realize their ultimate ideals - ideals that in fact lay beyond the preservation of institutional Buddhism itself." "Students of Buddhism, Chinese religion, contemporary Chinese history and culture, and Taiwan studies will welcome this study of a crucially important and intriguingly complex individual whose life encapsulates many of the forces and possibilities apparent within Chinese Buddhism in the contemporary world."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction: In Search of a New Buddhism
- Defending the Dharma in a Revolutionary Age
- The Sound of the Tide for a New China
- An Ecumenical Vision for Global Mission
- Mahayana and the Modern World
- A Creative Recovery of Tradition
- Taixu's Legacy
- Isbn
- 9780824865269
- Label
- Toward a modern Chinese Buddhism : Taixu's reforms
- Title
- Toward a modern Chinese Buddhism
- Title remainder
- Taixu's reforms
- Statement of responsibility
- Don. A. Pittman
- Subject
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- Buddhist renewal
- Buddhist renewal -- China
- China
- Chine -- Histoire religieuse -- 20è siècle
- Chine -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1912-1949
- Electronic books
- Moines bouddhistes -- Chine -- 20e siècle
- Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques -- Chine -- 20 siècle
- Bouddhisme -- Chine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | History
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Renouveau du bouddhisme -- Chine
- Taixu, (1889-1947)
- Taixu, 1889-1947
- Taixu, 1889-1947
- Philosophie bouddhique -- Chine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Venerable Master Taixu (1890-1947) is the most important and controversial Chinese Buddhist reformer of the twentieth century. Viewed as dangerously rash by conservative Buddhists, irrelevant by secular humanists, and spiritually misguided by Christian missionaries, Taixu was nevertheless committed to forging a socially engaged form of Buddhism and to organizing a Buddhist mission in the West. His bold and inventive "Buddhist revolution" continues to shape aspects of a revitalized Buddhism in East Asia and around the world. The present volume is the first major study in English to focus on the charismatic reformer and his teachings and provides a comprehensive and absorbing interpretation of Taixu's aims and the divisive controversies that surrounded him. This nuanced work is documented with quotations from Taixu's own writings and from various Chinese intellectuals and evangelists of the period." "As the most politically involved of all the Buddhist leaders in the Republican period, Taixu sought to present Mahayana Buddhism as the core of a new Chinese culture and the only adequate foundation for a truly global civilization. Distancing himself from those masters who focused on otherworldly paradises and stressed dependence on celestial buddhas and bodhisattvas, he emphasized what could actually be accomplished in this world through the work of thousands of living bodhisattvas dedicated to building a pure land here and now. A realist who acknowledged the complexities of the human condition in an increasingly interdependent and violent world, Taixu was also a utopian who tried to imagine how Buddhists could begin to realize their ultimate ideals - ideals that in fact lay beyond the preservation of institutional Buddhism itself." "Students of Buddhism, Chinese religion, contemporary Chinese history and culture, and Taiwan studies will welcome this study of a crucially important and intriguingly complex individual whose life encapsulates many of the forces and possibilities apparent within Chinese Buddhism in the contemporary world."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pittman, Don Alvin
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Taixu
- Taixu
- Taixu
- Buddhist renewal
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Buddhist renewal
- China
- Renouveau du bouddhisme
- Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques
- Chine
- Chine
- Bouddhisme
- Moines bouddhistes
- Philosophie bouddhique
- Label
- Toward a modern Chinese Buddhism : Taixu's reforms, Don. A. Pittman
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: In Search of a New Buddhism
- Defending the Dharma in a Revolutionary Age
- The Sound of the Tide for a New China
- An Ecumenical Vision for Global Mission
- Mahayana and the Modern World
- A Creative Recovery of Tradition
- Taixu's Legacy
- Control code
- ocn878797737
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824865269
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824865269
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62p8hv
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878797737
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Toward a modern Chinese Buddhism : Taixu's reforms, Don. A. Pittman
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: In Search of a New Buddhism
- Defending the Dharma in a Revolutionary Age
- The Sound of the Tide for a New China
- An Ecumenical Vision for Global Mission
- Mahayana and the Modern World
- A Creative Recovery of Tradition
- Taixu's Legacy
- Control code
- ocn878797737
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824865269
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824865269
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62p8hv
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878797737
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Buddhist renewal
- Buddhist renewal -- China
- China
- Chine -- Histoire religieuse -- 20è siècle
- Chine -- Vie intellectuelle -- 1912-1949
- Electronic books
- Moines bouddhistes -- Chine -- 20e siècle
- Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques -- Chine -- 20 siècle
- Bouddhisme -- Chine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | History
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Renouveau du bouddhisme -- Chine
- Taixu, (1889-1947)
- Taixu, 1889-1947
- Taixu, 1889-1947
- Philosophie bouddhique -- Chine
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