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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aFalcone, Jessica Marie,
_d1976-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBattling the Buddha of love :
_ba cultural biography of the greatest statue never built /
_cJessica Marie Falcone.
263 _a1809
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aCommunity/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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 0 _aPrint version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
590 _aMaster record variable field(s) change: 072
610 2 0 _aFoundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
610 2 7 _aFoundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01983660
650 0 _aMahayana Buddhism
_xRelations.
650 0 _aBuddhist converts.
650 0 _aMahayana Buddhism
_zIndia
_zKushinagar (District)
650 0 _aMaitreya (Buddhist deity)
_xCult
_zIndia
_zKushinagar (District)
650 0 _aEthnology
_zIndia
_zKushinagar (District)
650 7 _aBuddhist converts.
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_0(OCoLC)fst00840140
650 7 _aEthnology.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00916106
650 7 _aInterfaith relations.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01353343
650 7 _aMahayana Buddhism.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01005972
650 7 _aMaitreya (Buddhist deity)
_xCult.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01006192
650 7 _aRELIGION / Comparative Religion
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650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aFalcone, Jessica Marie, 1976-
_tBattling the Buddha of love.
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2018
_z9781501723469
_w(DLC) 2018008239
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