Yao & Gombrich/Chinese Buddhism Today, 8. Fo Guang Shan's Activities

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How to Cite: Yao, Yu-Shuang; Gombrich, Richard. Fo Guang Shan's Activities: Edification through Spectacle and Entertainment. Chinese Buddhism Today - Conservatism, Modernism, Syncretism and Enjoying Life on the Buddha’s Light Mountain. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 110-114 Jun 2022. ISBN 9781800502321.

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The authors describe various undertakings, such as the construction of the massive Buddha Memorial Center (completed in 2011) and the transportation of the Buddha's tooth relic into Taiwan in 1998. All designed to convince devotees that the Pure Land is already here, constantly evoked in art, music, rituals, and the never-failing benignity of the Master.

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    Chinese Buddhism Today: Conservatism, Modernism, Syncretism and Enjoying Life on the Buddha’s Light Mountain
  • creator
    Yu-Shuang Yao; Richard Gombrich
  • isbn
    9781800502338 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781800502338