The cultural practices of modern Chinese Buddhism; attuning the dharma.

9780415375030

The cultural practices of modern Chinese Buddhism; attuning the dharma.

Tarocco, Francesca.

Routledge

2007

183 pages

$150.00

Hardcover

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism series

BQ647

Intellectual elites in China during the 19th and 20th centuries did not think solely about nation and revolution, says Tarocco (Buddhist studies, U. of Manchester), but also engaged in a multi-vocal, multi-dimensional conversation about Buddhism. Drawing on a range of textual and extra-textual sources, she shows how the cultural resources of Buddhism proved resilient and capable of adapting, and how Buddhist-inspired practices and outlooks influenced important cultural activists during the transition to modernity.

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