Making a Tibetan sect in twentieth-century China

The paper investigates two conflicting dynamics observed by Holmes Welch in The Buddhist Revival in China, namely, the ascendance of the esoteric school of Buddhism and a rising anti-sectarian trend in the Republican period. The paper examines a Tibetan Gelug lineage founded by Nenghai in Chengdu, w...

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Published in:Studies in Chinese Religions
Main Author: Wu, Wei (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017
In: Studies in Chinese Religions
Further subjects:B Tibetan Buddhism
B Sect
B modern Chinese Buddhism
B 密教
B 近代中國佛教
B Esoteric Buddhism
B 能海
B 宗派
B Nenghai
B 西藏佛教
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Summary:The paper investigates two conflicting dynamics observed by Holmes Welch in The Buddhist Revival in China, namely, the ascendance of the esoteric school of Buddhism and a rising anti-sectarian trend in the Republican period. The paper examines a Tibetan Gelug lineage founded by Nenghai in Chengdu, with a focus on his conceptualization of sectarian identification in relation to anti-sectarian concerns. The paper also explores the ways in which sectarian awareness was cultivated, expressed, and affirmed through discourses, practices, and the institutional building of a lineage.
ISSN:2372-9996
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Chinese Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23729988.2017.1392194