Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism

Authors

  • Erik Hammerstrom Pacific Lutheran University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1305864

Keywords:

Avata?saka, Kegon, Huayan, Hwa?m, transnationalism, equality, egalitarianism

Abstract

This article describes the important but overlooked influence of Avataṃsaka thought within East Asian Buddhism from the nineteenth century to the 1930s. It shows that Avataṃsaka was transnational in two significant ways: First, its popularity is illustrative of the connections that existed between Buddhists in China, Japan, and Korea during that time. Second, Avataṃsaka thought served as the basis for discourses of transnationalism.

Author Biography

Erik Hammerstrom, Pacific Lutheran University

Associate Professor of East Asian and Comparative Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, in the Department of Religion.

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2016-12-07

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Hammerstrom, Erik. 2016. “Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism”. Journal of Global Buddhism 17 (December):65-84. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1305864.

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