Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia

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Encounters, networks, identities and diversity are at the core of the history of Buddhism. They are also the focus of Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia, edited by Ann Heirman, Carmen Meinert and Christoph Anderl. While long-distance networks allowed Buddhist ideas to travel to all parts of East Asia, it was through local and trans-local networks and encounters, and a diversity of people and societies, that identities were made and negotiated. This book undertakes a detailed examination of discrete Buddhist identities rooted in unique cultural practices, beliefs and indigenous socio-political conditions. Moreover, it presents a fascinating picture of the intricacies of the regional and cross-regional networks that connected South and East Asia. Contents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Networks and Identities in the Buddhist World Part 1 Translocal Networks Chapter 1 Bagan Murals and the Sino-Tibetan World Chapter 2 Noise along the Network: A Set of Chinese Ming Embroidered Thangkas in the Indian Himalayas Chapter 3 Nation Founder and Universal Saviour: Guanyin and Buddhist Networks in the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms Chapter 4 A Study on the Combination of the Deities Fudō and Aizen in Medieval Shingon Esoteric Buddhism Chapter 5 The Transmission of the Buddhadharma from India to China: An Examination of Kumārajīva’s Transliteration of the Dhāraṇīs of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra Chapter 6 The Journey of Zhao Xian and the Exile of Royal Descendants in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) Part 2 Negotiating and Constructing Identities Chapter 7 Wailing for Identity: Topical and Poetic Expressions of Cultural Belonging in Chinese Buddhist Literature Chapter 8 How the Dharma Ended Up in the “Eastern Country”: Korean Monks in the Chinese Buddhist Imaginaire during the Tang and Early Song Chapter 9 Buddhist Pilgrimage and Spiritual Identity: Korean Sŏn Monks Journeying to Tang China in Search of the Dharma Chapter 10 The Rebirth Legend of Prince Shōtoku: Buddhist Networks in Ninth Century China and Japan Chapter 11 Because They Entrusted to Them a Part of Their Buddhist Selves—Imagined Communities, Layered Identities, and Networking Chapter 12 Bodily Care Identity in Buddhist Monastic Life of Ancient India and China: An Advancing Purity Threshold Bibliography Index