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Title |
Title of document |
Ritual as Symphony - Chinese Buddhism Today |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Yu-Shuang Yao; Fo Guang University, Taiwan; |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Richard Gombrich; University of Oxford / Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies; United Kingdom |
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Discipline(s) |
Buddhist Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
Buddhism; Buddha; new religious movements; Karma; Hsing Yun; FGS; Kaohsiung; Fo Guang Shan |
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Subject classification |
Buddhist Studies; New Religious Movements |
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Description |
Abstract |
The authors begin this chapter by surveying the history of Buddhist attitudes toward ritual and contrasting this with the importance accorded to ritual in traditional Confucian society. This leads into a discussion of merit transfer. They point out thatItis hardly an exaggeration to say thatthe Mahāyāna was constructed by generalizing the transfer of merit and abolishing the condition that it is possible only when the person who receives the merit is aware that it is being transferred to them. In contrast, in the tradition of Chinese Buddhism, as followed by FGS, the commonest form of communal ritual centres on transferring merit to the dead, particularly to one’s own parents and other ancestors. They point out how busy FGS temples are and how much of the activity is communal and describe a number of common rituals including musical performances. Attention is also paid to funeral rituals and to rituals practiced overseas. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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22-Jun-2022 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/43518 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.43518 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Chinese Buddhism Today |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |