The Huayan University Network: The Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China

Erik J. Hammerstrom

Published by Columbia University Press 2020

The Huayan University Network

The Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China

Erik J. Hammerstrom

In the series The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

https://doi.org/10.7312/hamm19430

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Erik J. Hammerstrom recasts the history of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism by examining how Huayan Buddhism was imagined, taught, and practiced during a period of profound political and social change. He traces the influence of Huayan University, the first Buddhist monastic school founded after the fall of the imperial system in China.

Author / Editor information

Erik J. Hammerstrom is associate professor of East Asian and comparative religions at Pacific Lutheran University. He is the author of The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-Century Engagements (Columbia, 2015).

Reviews

Imre Hamar, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest:
Huayan Buddhism offers a unique view into the realm of mutually interrelated worldly and transcendental phenomena, which was realized by Buddha in his enlightenment according to one of the most voluminous Mahāyāna sūtra, the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, and was taught by the Huayan school in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). Hammerstrom’s valuable book sheds light on the importance of Huayan tradition in modern Chinese Buddhism through the establishment of Huayan Universities to provide non-sectarian, traditional, and modern education for monastics.

Raoul Birnbaum, University of California, Santa Cruz:
Erik Hammerstrom carves a new trail through twentieth-century Chinese Buddhist worlds and reveals a clear and fresh view of this complex terrain. His pioneering study draws from a broad range of primary sources to provide a richly detailed, multi-dimensional portrait of interconnected individuals, institutions and academies, texts, concepts, and meditative practices. A fundamentally important and much appreciated exploration.

Stefania Travagnin, editor of Religion and Media in China: Insights and Case Studies from the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong:
The Huayan University Network is not just the history of a lineage; Erik Hammerstrom presents a remarkable, comprehensive narrative that analyzes people, places, reception history of doctrines and texts, education curricula for monks, financial sponsorship and political background. This excellent monograph highlights how the Huayan school expanded from Republican China into East Asia, Taiwan, and the West, and defines a model for future scholarship.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE
One. Huayan as a School of Chinese Buddhism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Two. The Huayan Universities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Three. Second-and Third-Generation Programs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Four. The Huayan University Network After 1949 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
PART TWO
Five. Huayan Doctrine in Republican China Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Six. A Common Curriculum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
List of Chinese Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: September 30, 2020
ISBN: 9780231550758