Monks in motion : Buddhism and modernity across the South China Sea

Author(s)

• Chia, Jack Meng-Tat

Bibliographic Information

Monks in motion : Buddhism and modernity across the South China Sea

Jack Meng-Tat Chia

（American Academy of Religion academy series）

Oxford University Press, c2020

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002) and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms "South China Sea Buddhism," referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic Buddhist monks. Drawing on multilingual research conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chia challenges the conventional categories of "Chinese Buddhism" and "Southeast Asian Buddhism" by focusing on the lesser-known--yet no less significant--Chinese Buddhist communities of maritime Southeast Asia. By crossing the artificial spatial frontier between China and Southeast Asia, Monks in Motion breaks new ground, bringing Southeast Asia into the study of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism into the study of Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Abbreviations A Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction: Toward a History of South China Sea Buddhism 1. Migrants, Monks, and Monasteries 2. Chuk Mor: Scripting Malaysia's Chinese Buddhism 3. Yen Pei: Humanistic Buddhism in the Chinese Diaspora 4. Ashin Jinarakkhita: Neither Mahayana Nor Theravada Coda: Monks in Motion Appendix A: List of Interviewees Appendix B: Complete Works from the Fragrance Incense Studio (Zhuanxiang huashi wenji) Appendix C: Collected Works of Mindful Observation (Diguan quanji) Appendix D: A Sequel to the [Collected Works of] Mindful Observation (Diguan xuji) Appendix E: Sacred Scriptures of Indonesian Buddhism (Kitab-Kitab Suci Agama Buddha Indonesia) Glossary of Chinese Characters Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BC04956720
• ISBN:
  • 9780190090975
• LCCN: 2019059980
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 275 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 294.309512
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- China -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Buddhist monks -- China -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Buddhist monks -- Travel -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Buddhism and culture -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Buddhist modernism -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Chinese -- South China Sea Region -- Religion -- 20th century
  • LCSH : South China Sea Region -- Religion -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00286097