Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia S Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks by Justin Thomas McDaniel

Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia S Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks

Contemporary Buddhism

Justin Thomas McDaniel

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produc...

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