1. Yi fofa yanjiu fofa 以佛法研究佛法 (1972; rpt., Xinzhu: Zhengwen Chubanshe, 2003). The
opening essay is translated into German in Marcus Bingenheimer, Der Mӧnchsgelehrte …

The study of Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan has typically focused on its largest, most elite
representatives. These institutions are a smaller and less representative section of …

In this article, I propose a new theory of “Buddhist para‐charisma” by analyzing the case of
an iconoclastic monk in Vietnam. My argument draws from 20 months of ethnographic …

This chapter proposes an intersubjective approach to teaching lived Buddhism, where
students co-create knowledge and actively engage in the learning process by bringing their …

Abstract The contemporary Taiwanese Buddhist scene is dominated by a handful of large
organizations founded on Human Realm Buddhism: Tzu Chi, Foguang shan, and Dharma …

It has been twenty years since Jonathan S. Walters sought to dislodge the ingrained
understanding of karma as a purely individual phenomenon. Since then, interesting work …

This chapter introduces a few ways that Buddhist organizations, communities, and
households in Taiwan engage in healing through material-related practices, particularly …