Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea Chia Jack Meng-Tat
Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea Chia Jack Meng-Tat Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist…
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Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea Chia Jack Meng-Tat
Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. They have always been on the move.
This book tells the story of three prominent monks Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002) and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century.Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms South China Sea Buddhism, referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic