Taixu's reforms Pittman, Don Alvin 1948- creator text bibliography Electronic books. hiu 2001 monographic eng 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages) : illustrations. "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."--BOOK JACKET. 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. Don. A. Pittman. Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index. a-cc--- Taixu 1889-1947 Buddhist renewal China Taixu (1889-1947) Renouveau du bouddhisme Chine Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques Chine 20 siècle Chine Histoire religieuse 20è siècle Chine Vie intellectuelle 1912-1949 Bouddhisme Chine Histoire 20e siècle Moines bouddhistes Chine 20e siècle Philosophie bouddhique Chine Tai-hsü 1889-1947 Taixu 1889-1947 Buddhist renewal China RELIGION / Comparative Religion BQ4570.R4 P58 2001eb 294.3/0951/09041 Pittman, Don Alvin, 1948- (DLC) 00061603 (OCoLC)44727904 9780824865269 (electronic bk.) 082486526X (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750653 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750653 N$T 140501 20200709060114.0 ocn878797737 eng