Eyal Aviv
The George Washington University, Religion, Faculty Member
- Philosophy, Religion, Philosophy of Mind, Writing, Buddhist Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, and 23 moreChinese Religions, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Intellectual History of China, Buddhism, Phenomenology of the body, Theravada Buddhism, Daniel Dennett, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science, Self and Identity, Consciousness, Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism and Chinese modernity, Theory of Mind, Personal Identity, Religión, Embodied Mind and Cognition, The Self, Naturalism, Daoism, Extended Mind, Metaphysics of Mind, and Anthropology of Religionedit
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This article highlights the growing role of laity in 20th century Chinese Buddhism. Like other Buddhist traditions in Asia, Chinese Buddhists were impacts by the changes brought about by modernization. While lay Buddhists have played an... more
This article highlights the growing role of laity in 20th century Chinese Buddhism. Like other Buddhist traditions in
Asia, Chinese Buddhists were impacts by the changes brought about by modernization. While lay
Buddhists have played an important role throughout Chinese Buddhist history, this article argues that during the
modern period they assumed prerogatives that had been traditionally limited to monastics in the pre-modern period.
The article explores three exemplary cases: a Tantric priest (Wáng Hóngyuàn), a scholar (Ōuyáng Jìngwú) and a
political leader (Zhào Púchū). The article examines the reaction of the Saṅgha to these lay Buddhists and their
lasting impact on Modern Buddhism in China.
Asia, Chinese Buddhists were impacts by the changes brought about by modernization. While lay
Buddhists have played an important role throughout Chinese Buddhist history, this article argues that during the
modern period they assumed prerogatives that had been traditionally limited to monastics in the pre-modern period.
The article explores three exemplary cases: a Tantric priest (Wáng Hóngyuàn), a scholar (Ōuyáng Jìngwú) and a
political leader (Zhào Púchū). The article examines the reaction of the Saṅgha to these lay Buddhists and their
lasting impact on Modern Buddhism in China.