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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Falcone, Jessica Marie (1976-....)
Titre(s) : Battling the Buddha of love [Texte imprimé] : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built / Jessica Marie Falcone
Publication : Ithaca : Cornell University press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities
"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"
Sujet(s) : Ethnologie -- Inde
Bouddhisme mahāyāna
Indice(s) Dewey :
294.34 (23e éd.) = Bouddhisme - Doctrines et pratiques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781501723469. - ISBN 1501723464. - ISBN 9781501723483. - ISBN 1501723480. -
ISBN 9781501723490 (erroné). - ISBN 9781501723476 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45564007n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45564007
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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
