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873205
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Ritzinger, Justin,1976-
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Anarchy in the pure land : : reinventing the cult of Maitreya in modern Chinese Buddhism /\ by Justin R. Ritzinger.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2017.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0190491175
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: 0190491183
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: 9780190491178
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: 9780190491185
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0190491167
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9780190491161
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Anarchy in the Pure Land; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maitreya?; Contrasting Impressions; The Push to Modernization: A Historiographic Survey; Taixu and the Reform Movement in Republican China; The Pull of Modernity: An Alternative Approach; Buddhism, Radicalism, and the Framework of Revolutionary Utopianism; The Many Faces of Maitreya; Sources, Structure, and Significance; Part I: Taixu's Buddhist Radicalism; 1. Portrait of the Master as a Young Anarchist; Introduction.
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A World Breaking OpenTaixu's Years of Living Dangerously; Conclusion; 2. Disorienting Frameworks; Introduction; Anarcho-socialist and Buddhist Values in Taixu's Radical Thought; Conclusion; Part II: The Cult of Maitreya; 3. A New Cult for New Buddhists; Introduction; Maitreya's (Ivory) Tower: Laying the Foundation in the May 4th Era; Budai in the Marketplace: Expansion and Articulation in the Nanjing Decade; Conclusion; 4. Bodhisattva of Progress; Introduction; The Three Essentials; Conclusion; Part III: Worlds Closing and Opening; 5. Future Interrupted; Introduction; War and Its Aftermath
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Maitreya in ExileConclusion; 6. Reawakening Maitreya: Legacies Orthodox and Heterodox; Introduction; Openings: The Cult of Maitreya in the PRC; Openness: The Cult of Maitreya in Taiwan; Heterodox Legacies: Yiguan Dao and Maitreya Great Way; Conclusion; Conclusion: Remembrances of Futures Past; Appendix A. Taixu's Lectures on Maitreyan Texts and Topics to 1937; Appendix B. Articles on the Maitreya School, 1922-1937; Appendix C. Timeline of the Maitreya School and Related Events; Bibliography; Index
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Anarchy in the Pure Land shows that the modern Chinese reinvention of cult of Maitreya, the future Buddha, functioned as an important site for articulating a Buddhist vision of modernity.
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Taixu,1889-1947.
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Taixu,1889-1947.
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Buddhist modernism-- China-- History-- 20th century.
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Maitreya (Buddhist deity)-- Cult-- China-- History-- 20th century.
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Buddhist modernism.
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Maitreya (Buddhist deity)-- Cult.
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RELIGION-- Buddhism-- History.
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RELIGION-- Comparative Religion.
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3/920951
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| LC Classification
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BQ4690.M34C675 2017
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