TY  - BOOK
AU  - Falcone,Jessica Marie
TI  - Battling the Buddha of love: a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built 
SN  - 9781501723476
AV  - BQ7310 
U1  - 294.3/437 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
KW  - fast
KW  - Mahayana Buddhism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Buddhist converts
KW  - India
KW  - Kushinagar (District)
KW  - Maitreya (Buddhist deity)
KW  - Cult
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - RELIGION / Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1727983
ER  -