Dr. Jiang Wu contributed an article to the book "Take the Vinaya as Your Master": Monastic Discipline and Practices in Modern Chinese Buddhism

May 16, 2023
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Dr. Jiang Wu contributed an article "Discipline and Enlightenment: Hanyue Fazang 漢月法藏 and the Spread of the Triple Platform Ordination Ceremony in Seventeenth-Century China" to the book "Take the Vinaya as Your Master": Monastic Discipline and Practices in Modern Chinese Buddhism, just published in April 2023.

This volume explores the role played by monastic discipline in the emergence and evolution of modern Chinese Buddhism.  A central feature of the Buddhist tradition, monastic discipline has received growing attention in the contemporary Buddhist world, but little from scholars. Adopting a diachronic perspective and a multidisciplinary approach, contributions by leading scholars investigate relevant Vinaya-related practices in twentieth and twenty-first centuries China and Taiwan, including issues of monastic identity and authenticity, updated ordination procedures, recent variations of Mahāyāna precepts and rules, and original perspectives on body movement and related sport activities. 
The restoration and renewal of Vinaya practices and standards within Chinese Buddhist practices shed new light on the response of Buddhist leaders and communities to the challenges of modernity.

See full information about the book here: https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/63929