Battling the Buddha of love : a cultural biography of the greatest statue never built
Buddhist converts Ethnology Mahayana Buddhism Maitreya (Buddhist deity) Interfaith relations e-böcker
Cornell University Press
2018
EISBN 9781501723476
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"--
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"--
