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Restoring Lumbinī: Theravāda Buddhism and Heritage on the Nepal Frontier |
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Harcey, Blayne K. (著)
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.23 n.1-2 |
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| Date | 2022 |
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| Pages | 131 - 151 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: Arizona State University, USA. |
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| Keyword | Theravāda; missionisation; World Heritage; development; Nepal |
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| Abstract | The construction of the modern Buddhist ‘Holy Land’, in present-day India and Nepal, was part and parcel of the formation of Buddhism as a world religion in the early twentieth century and continues to represent a potent expression of Buddhist materiality in the contemporary moment. This article explores the location of the Buddha’s birthplace at Lumbinī within the discourse of modern Theravāda missionisation, reform and preservation. I assert that the project of locating and restoring Lumbinī was essential to Buddhism’s modern revival in Nepal and the domestication of Theravāda. The Maha Bodhi Society and Nepal’s Dharmodaya Sabha were formative in the construction of Lumbinī as a monument of Buddhist heritage and operated as the leading voices in efforts to repatriate the site to Buddhist custodianship. Exploring the material dimensions of early modern Theravāda reform signals a shift from domestic encounters with colonialism and Christian missionisation in locales of Buddhist majority to the transnational flow of persons, practices and knowledges that have come to shape the contours of modern Buddhism. |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1080/14639947.2023.2208026 |
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| Created date | 2024.03.25 |
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| Modified date | 2024.03.27 |
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