Buddhism and the dynamics of transculturality : : new approaches / / edited by Birgit Kellner.

For over 2500 years, Buddhism was implicated in processes of cultural interaction that in turn shaped Buddhist doctrines, practices and institutions. While the cultural plurality of Buddhism has often been remarked upon, the transcultural processes that constitute this plurality, and their long-term...

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Superior document:Religion and Society ; Volume 64
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2019]
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Blwyddyn Gyhoeddi:2019
Iaith:English
Cyfres:Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; Volume 64.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Buddhism in the West? Buddhist Indian Sailors on Socotra (Yemen) and the Role of Trade Contacts in the Spread of Buddhism
  • 3. Non-Buddhist Customs of Buddhist People: Visual and Archaeological Evidence from North-West Pakistan
  • 4. Translation, Transcription, and What Else? Some Basic Characteristics of Chinese Buddhist Translation as a Cultural Contact between India and China, with Special Reference to Sanskrit ārya and Chinese sheng
  • 5. Stone Hymn - The Buddhist Colophon of 579 Engraved on Mount Tie, Shandong
  • 6. "To Overcome the Tyranny of Time": Stars, Buddhas, and the Arts of Perfect Memory at Mt. Asama
  • 7. In the Footprints of the Buddha: Ceylon and the Quest for the Origin of Buddhism in Early Modern Japan - A Minor Episode in the History of the Japanese Imagination of India
  • 8. From Geographical Periphery to Conceptual Centre: The Travels of Ngagchang Shakya Zangpo and the Discovery of Hyolmo Identity
  • 9. Indo-Tibetan Relations in Tibetan Polemical Discourse: Reconsidering Cultural Dynamics between Tradition and Innovation
  • 10. Revisiting the Emic Perspective: Lessons to Be Learnt from the Worldly-Other-Worldly Distinction in Tibet and Beyond
  • Index