Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds : : Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China /

Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds : : Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China / / Brian J. Nichols; ed. by Mark Michael Rowe.

Southeast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’ pioneering book, Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds, centers on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examin...

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Nichols, Brian J.,
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Rowe, Mark Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Buddhism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 10 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor’s Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Conventions and Orthography
  • Introduction
  • Part I History
  • 1 The Monastic Cycle: Patterns of History
  • 2 The Post-Mao Revival: Stages of Recovery
  • Part II Religious Life
  • 3 Communal Religious Life: Liturgical Rites
  • 4 Monks: 84,000 Dharma Gates
  • Part III Material Dynamics
  • 5 Material Culture: Iron Temple, Water Monks
  • 6 Founding Legends: Sanctifying and Branding Space
  • 7 Curators and the Revivalists: Negotiating Spatial Dynamics
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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