Anarchy in the pure land : reinventing the cult of Maitreya in modern Chinese Buddhism /
Ritzinger, Justin, 1976-
Anarchy in the pure land : reinventing the cult of Maitreya in modern Chinese Buddhism / by Justin R. Ritzinger. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. 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 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
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.
9780190491185 0190491183 9780190491178 0190491175
Taixu, 1889-1947.
Maitreyanātha--Cult--History--China--20th century.
Maitreyanātha
Taixu, 1889-1947
1900-1999
Buddhist modernism--History--China--20th century.
Maitreya (Divinité bouddhique)--Culte--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
Modernisme bouddhique--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
RELIGION--Buddhism--History.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhist modernism
Cults
China
Electronic books.
History
BQ4690.M34 / C675 2017
294.3/920951
Anarchy in the pure land : reinventing the cult of Maitreya in modern Chinese Buddhism / by Justin R. Ritzinger. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. 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 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
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.
9780190491185 0190491183 9780190491178 0190491175
Taixu, 1889-1947.
Maitreyanātha--Cult--History--China--20th century.
Maitreyanātha
Taixu, 1889-1947
1900-1999
Buddhist modernism--History--China--20th century.
Maitreya (Divinité bouddhique)--Culte--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
Modernisme bouddhique--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
RELIGION--Buddhism--History.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhist modernism
Cults
China
Electronic books.
History
BQ4690.M34 / C675 2017
294.3/920951