Albert Welter (Professor of East A Professor of East Asian Studies

A Tale of Two Stūpas

Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China

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Produktbeschreibung

In A Tale of Two Stupas, Albert Welter tells the story of Hangzhou Buddhism through the conceptions, erections, and resurrections of Yongming Stupa, dedicated to the memory of one of Hangzhou's leading Buddhist figures, and Leifeng Pagoda, built to house stupa relics of the historical Buddha.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9780197606636
• ISBN-10: 0197606636
• Artikelnr.: 66166168

Autorenporträt

Albert Welter is Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. He is currently leading a project funded by the Khyentse Foundation on Buddhist Culture in the Hangzhou Region of China and its impact throughout East Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Preface
* Chapter One: Introduction: Buddhist Relic Veneration, Buddhist Sites
and Translocations, and the Transformation of the Hangzhou/Jiangnan
region into an Indian Buddhist Homeland
* Chapter Two: Hangzhou Buddhism in Historical Perspective
* Chapter Three: The Origins and Development of the Yongming Stupa
* Chapter Four: The Origins and Development of Leifeng Pagoda
* Chapter Five: A Tale of Two St¿pas: The Parameters of Buddhist
Revival in China
* Appendix 1: Translations Associated with the "resurrection" of
Yanshou and establishment of the Yongming Stupa
* Appendix 2: Translations of The Precious Chest Seal Dharani Satra
and selections from Jingci Monastery Gazetteer relating to Leifeng
Pagoda
* Bibliography
* Index