Battling the Buddha of Love : A Cultural Biography of the Greatest Statue Never Built /

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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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Community/sangha : FPMT's transnational Buddhists
  • Religious practice/dharma : global Buddhism, translation and heritage
  • The statue/murti : planning a colossal Maitreya
  • The relics/sarira : worship, transmission, and fundraising with the relic tour
  • Aspiration/asha : hope, the future tense, and making (up) progress on the Maitreya project
  • Holy place/tirtha : social life in the place of the Buddha's death
  • Steadfastness/aditthana : Indian farmers resist the Buddha of love
  • Loving-kindness/maitri : ethics, values and progress in the shadow of Maitreya
  • Compassionate practice/karuna : advocacy anthropology and engagement
  • Conclusion : faith/shraddha : guru devotion, agency and belief
  • Epilogue : rebirth/samsara : the future of the Maitreya project.

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