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"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Maitreyanātha > Cult > India > Kushinagar (District)
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Maitreya (Buddhist deity) > Cult.
Mahayana Buddhism.
Interfaith relations.
Ethnology.
Buddhist converts.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Convertis bouddhistes.
Ethnology > India > Kushinagar (District)
Mahayana Buddhism > India > Kushinagar (District)
Mahayana Buddhism > Relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (324 pages).
ISBN:9781501723476

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