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Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built / Jessica Marie Falcone.

By: Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501723476
  • 1501723472
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Battling the Buddha of love.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/437 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ7310
Online resources:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.

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