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Reinventing the Tripitaka - Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia (Hardcover)
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Reinventing the Tripitaka - Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia (Hardcover)
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The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all
translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in
East Asia and has been regarded as one of the "three treasures" in
Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the
history of Buddhism, research on this huge collection has remained
largely the province of Buddhologists focusing on textual and
bibliographical studies. We thus aim to initiate methodological
innovations to study the transformation of the canon by situating
it in its modern context, characterized by intricate interactions
between East and West as well as among countries in East Asia.
During the modern period the Chinese Buddhist canon has been
translated, edited, digitized, and condensed as well as
internationalized, contested, and ritualized. The well-known
accomplishment of this modern transformation is the compilation of
the Taisho Canon during the 1920s. It has become a source of both
doctrinal orthodoxy as well as creativity and its significance has
greatly increased as Buddhist scholarship and devotionalism has
utilized the canon for various ends. However, it is still unclear
what led to the creation of the modern editions of the Buddhist
canon in East Asia. This volume explores the most significant and
interesting developments regarding the Chinese Buddhist canon in
modern East Asia including canon formation, textual studies,
historical analyses, religious studies, ritual invention, and
digital research tools and methods.
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