Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site (eBook, ePUB)

Bodh Gaya Jataka
Redaktion: Geary, David; Singh Amar, Abhishek; Sayers, Matthew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodh Gaya's past and present.

Through an engaging and critical overview of the place of Buddha's enlightenment, the book discusses the dynamic and contested nature of this site, and looks at the tensions with the on-going efforts to define the place according to particular histories or identities. It addresses many aspects of Bodh Gaya, from speculation about why the Buddha chose to sit beneath a tree in Bodh Gaya, to the contemporary struggles over tourism development, education and non-government organizations, to bring to the foreground the site's longevity, reinvention and current complexity as a UNESCO World Heritage monument. The book is a useful contribution for students and scholars of Buddhism and South Asian Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136320675
• Artikelnr.: 38250745

Autorenporträt

David Geary is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include religion, diaspora and transnationalism, international development and the politics of World Heritage in South Asia. Matthew R. Sayers teaches religion at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on the rituals of ancestor worship in the transition from Vedic to Classical expressions of Indian religiosity, focusing particularly on the ritual of ¿r¿ddha. Abhishek Singh Amar works in the Department of Religious Studies at Hamilton College, USA. His research interests include archaeological history of Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions in pre-modern India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Multiple Lives of Bodh Gaya: Defining Views and Changing
Perspectives Part 1: Empowering the Landscape of the Buddha 1. Gaya-Bodh
Gaya: The Origins of a Pilgrimage Complex 2. Sacred Bodh Gaya : The
Buddhaksetra of Gotama Buddha 3. The Changing Landscape at Bodh Gaya 4.
Bodh Gaya and the Issue of Originality in Art Part 2: Monumental
Conjectures: Rebirths and Retellings 5. Established Usage and Absolute
Freedom of Religion at Bodh Gaya: 1861-1915 6. Queen Victoria Beneath the
Bodhi Tree: Anagarika Dharmapala as Anti-Imperialist and Victorian 7. Bodh
Gaya in the 1950s: Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahant Giri, and Anagarika Munindra C
. 8. "Why Cause Unnecessary Confusion?": Re-inscribing the Mahabodhi
Temple's Holy Places Part 3: Universal Dreams and Local Departures 9. World
Heritage in the Shadow of Zamindari 10. Maitreya, or The Love of Buddhism:
The Non-Event of a Bodh Gaya's Giant Statue 11. Universal Education and
Social Transformation in Bodh Gaya 12. NGOs, Corruption, and Reciprocity in
the Land of Buddha's Enlightenment