Code
3E008313
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Study of Buddhism
- Religion and society
Keywords
Tiantai-Buddhism
Guoqing monastery
Zhiyi
Project description
The Buddhist Tiantai school was different from all other schools of Chinese Buddhism, as it remained confined
to the Tiantai Mountains, while other schools spread over all of China. I will demonstrate that the Tiantai
school's dedication to this area resulted from the devotion to the school founder, Zhiyi, who chose the Tiantai
Mountains as the site for his school.