...Ryan R. Overbey Popularizing Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka . By Mahinda Deegalle . Albany : State University of New York Press , 2006 . xiii , 241 pp. $65.00 (cloth), $21.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2007 2007 In recent...

...Jason Neelis Haunting the Buddha: Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism . By Robert DeCaroli . New York : Oxford University Press , 2004 . viii , 230 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2006 2006 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U T H A S I...

...Janet R. Goodwin Abstract The popularization of Japanese Buddhism in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is generally equated with the development of independent religious movements such as the Pure Land and Lotus schools, which emphasized salvation by faith and simple invocations. Although...

... a comparison of these structures is the predominantly Buddhist countries and in the Buddhist minority community in Bengal. In this context, recent changes in state-Sangha within society, and the interrelations of Buddhism and popular cults can be analyzed as a result of the interaction of ideological...

... traditions. Thus, Qubilai supported the Tibetan "two principles" of sacred and secular realms as a matter of political alliance between himself and the monk hPags pa (pp. 76-79), and co-opted popular Buddhism as a means of strengthening his base in China (pp. 66 67). This interpretation is accurate as far...

... principles" of sacred and secular realms as a matter of political alliance between himself and the monk hPags pa (pp. 76-79), and co-opted popular Buddhism as a means of strengthening his base in China (pp. 66 67). This interpretation is accurate as far as it goes, but it underplays the sincere religious...

... and practices, synthesizes threads of Buddhist and Marxist philosophies. Longstanding debates about the supposed incompatibility of Buddhism and Marxism pose questions regarding the conjunction of religion and politics in popular movements, the role of popular texts in constituting ideologies of resistance...

..., contemporary Buddhists in Bangladesh, religious festivals, monastic life, and both doctrinal and popular Buddhism. The introductory chapter rehearses the works of various scholars who have explored aspects of the long and continuing history of this segment of Indian Buddhism, which survived extinction in one...

... and the Vajrayāna in China .” History of Religions 29 , 2 : 87 – 114 . Overmyer Daniel L. 1990 . “ Buddhism in the Trenches: Attitudes toward Popular Religion in Chinese Scriptures Found at Tun-Huang .” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 50 , 1 : 197 – 222 . Pachow W. 1980 . Chinese Buddhism...

... to all Buddhists, and to monastic Buddhism, popular Buddhism, and the teaching of early sects grouped under what is styled the "Old Wisdom School" (commonly known as Hinayana). Four more chapters cover the Mahayana and the New Wisdom School, Buddhism of Faith and Devotion, The Yogacarins, Tantra...

... in cooperatives voluntary. In the absence of coercion, villagers found little reason to remain members of cooperatives. Evans concludes that cooperativization was resisted because it "cut across the substantive rationality of the peasant economy." Evans dismisses the popular Buddhism of the Lao peasants...

...) of Buddha for the soul and the gods for the body is a considerable oversimplification. Popular Buddhism that is, the religion of practically all Buddhists except the rare active seekers of nirvana seems, in fact, essentially laukika,"of this world." This, I take it, is the main burden of R. Gombrich's book...

... around in one's head as a handy guide to action. Likewise, after the fact, it aided honest review. This demonstrates a remarkable concern for what Yii aptly calls "popular Buddhism," the Buddhist practice not of the masses but of a wide spectrum of people, including many whose families were no longer...

... festivals, monastic life, and both doctrinal and popular Buddhism. The introductory chapter rehearses the works of various scholars who have explored aspects of the long and continuing history of this segment of Indian Buddhism, which survived extinction in one form or another despite Buddhism's decline...

... A. Mitchell and Natalie E. F. Quli , eds., Buddhism beyond Borders: New Perspectives on Buddhism in the United States ( Albany : State University of New York Press , 2015 ) . 3 E.g., Pattana Kitiarsa , Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today ( Chiang Mai...

... that is a manifestation of it” (p. 2), however, raises questions. To what extent did Daoists use ideas of internal alchemy to reinvent the medium cult of Chen Jinggu? What is the role, if any, of popular Buddhism in shaping the cult? Readers would like to learn more about the historical trajectory of the cult's...

... of the Japanese and American economies since I960. DONALD M. PEPPARD, J R . Connecticut College Jodo Shinshii: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan. By JAMES C. DOBBINS. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989- 352 pp. $35.00. Popular Buddhism in Japan is replete with colorful figures Gyogi (668...

... of the popular cult contains a harmonious blend of elements of archaic religion, Shinto, and Buddhism. From early times until the Meiji period, its organization was directed by a group of the mountain ascetics known as yamabushi , who lived on the mountain itself. A sad consequence of the Meiji Restoration...

... was manipulated by the Sangha who had experience at other royal courts, especially Khotan. Similar to their activities in China, at the Tibetan imperial court the Sangha adopted already extant Tibetan terminology to Buddhism more than the other way around in an attempt to popularize Buddhism. At first...

.... There is scarce evidence of philosophical subtlety; rather the work is aimed at popularizing Buddhism. The cult of the Future Buddha Maitreya (Chapter XXIII, pp. 301-341) is present as pure devotion and, incidentally, contains a charming description of the jewels of the Universal Emperor (pp. 311-313...