Battling the Buddha of Love : : A Cultural Biography of the Greatest Statue Never Built / / Jessica Marie Falcone.
Battling the Buddha of Love is a work of advocacy anthropology that explores the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, a transnational Buddhist organization, as it sought to build the "world's tallest statue" as a multi-million-dollar "gift" to India. Ho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note On Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. Meditation/DHYANA: Focusing On The Maitreya Project
- Part 1: The Transnational Buddhist Statue Makers
- 1. Community/SANGHA: FPMT’s Transnational Buddhists
- 2. The Teachings/DHARMA: Religious Practice in a Global Buddhist Institution
- 3. The Statue/MURTI: Planning a Colossal Maitreya
- 4. The Relics/SARIRA: Worship and Fundraising with the Relic Tour
- 5. Aspirations/ASHA: Hope, the Future Tense, and Making (Up) Progress on the Maitreya Project
- Part 2: The Kushinagari Resistance
- 6. Holy Place/TIRTHA: Living in the Place of the Buddha’s Death
- 7. Steadfastness/ADITTHANA: Indian Farmers Resist the Buddha of Love
- 8. Loving-Kindness/MAITRI: Contested Notions of Ethics, Values, and Progress
- 9. Compassion/KARUNA: Reflections on Engaged Anthropology
- Conclusion. Faith/SHRADDHA: Guru Devotion, Authority, and Belief in the Shadow of the Maitreya Project
- Epilogue. Rebirth/SAMSARA: The Future of the Maitreya Project
- Appendix
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index