Mind and Body of Humanistic Buddhism : Case Study of Temple and Community of FGS Vienna

ŠPIRK, Martin. Mind and Body of Humanistic Buddhism : Case Study of Temple and Community of FGS Vienna. In CEU/Szeged University Doctoral Conference, 13-15 June 2019, Szeged, Hungary. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Mind and Body of Humanistic Buddhism : Case Study of Temple and Community of FGS Vienna
• Authors: ŠPIRK, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: CEU/Szeged University Doctoral Conference, 13-15 June 2019, Szeged, Hungary, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60304 Religious studies
• Country of publisher: Hungary
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110719
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Fo Guang Shan in Vienna; Humanistic Buddhism; material culture; self-presentation; ethnography
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The Fo Guang Shan (FGS) is an international Buddhist Chinese-Taiwanese order, whose specificity is the concept of humanistic Buddhism, through which the order expands and spreads Chinese/Buddhist culture around the world. The aim of this paper is twofold. First to contribute to the discussion of the globalization efforts of the FGS and to analyze specific missionary strategies through which the order spreads its doctrine/culture and consolidates its position in the originally non-Buddhist country. Second, to provide an overview of one specific space (temple) and the community of FGS in Vienna.

Links

• MUNI/A/1053/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Nové výzkumné metody v religionistickém výzkumu (Acronym: NOVYMREV)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A