Project

Rooting Tiantai Buddhism in the Tiantai Mountains: Legitimation Techniques in the Establishment and Re-establishment of a Buddhist Order on a Chinese Mountain Ridge

Code
01P05712
Duration
01 October 2012 → 01 October 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Theology and religious studies
Keywords
chinese buddhism mountain studies tiantai monasticism
 
Project description

In my research project I will examine the development of Buddhist monasticism in the Tiantai Mountains. The Tiantai Mountains were the sanctuary of a notable order of Chinese Buddhism, which had its monasteries scattered all over the mountain ridge. My project will examine the order’s general religious infrastructure, and the traditions connected with the individual monastic establishments.