For over 2500 years, Buddhism was implicated in processes of
cultural interaction that in turn shaped Buddhist doctrines,
practices and institutions. While the cultural plurality of
Buddhism has often been remarked upon, the transcultural processes
that constitute this plurality, and their long-term effects, have
scarcely been studied as a topic in their own right. The
contributions to this volume present detailed case studies ranging
across different time periods, regions and disciplines, and they
address methodological challenges as well as theoretical problems.
In addition to casting a spotlight on topics as diverse as the role
of trade contacts in the early spread of Buddhism, the hybrid
nature of religious practices in Japan or Indo-Tibetan relations in
Tibetan polemical literature, the individual papers jointly raise
the question as to whether there might be something distinct about
how Buddhism steers and influences forms of cultural exchange, and
is in turn shaped by modalities of cultural interaction throughout
Asian, as well as global, history. The volume is intended to
demonstrate the need for investigating transcultural dynamics more
closely in the study of Buddhism, and to suggest new avenues for
Buddhist Studies.
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