Battling the Buddha of love :
Falcone, Jessica Marie, 1976-
Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built / Jessica Marie Falcone. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501723476 1501723472
22573/ctt21g8mqx JSTOR
2018009939
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Mahayana Buddhism--Relations.
Buddhist converts.
Mahayana Buddhism--India--Kushinagar (District)
Maitreya (Buddhist deity)--Cult--India--Kushinagar (District)
Ethnology--India--Kushinagar (District)
Buddhist converts.
Ethnology.
Interfaith relations.
Mahayana Buddhism.
Maitreya (Buddhist deity)--Cult.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Electronic books.
BQ7310
294.3/437
Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built / Jessica Marie Falcone. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501723476 1501723472
22573/ctt21g8mqx JSTOR
2018009939
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Mahayana Buddhism--Relations.
Buddhist converts.
Mahayana Buddhism--India--Kushinagar (District)
Maitreya (Buddhist deity)--Cult--India--Kushinagar (District)
Ethnology--India--Kushinagar (District)
Buddhist converts.
Ethnology.
Interfaith relations.
Mahayana Buddhism.
Maitreya (Buddhist deity)--Cult.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Electronic books.
BQ7310
294.3/437
