{"product_id":"maitreya-the-future-buddha-paperback-9780521180108","title":"Maitreya, the Future Buddha (Paperback) 9780521180108","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaitreya, the Future Buddha\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1988 book is a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the legend that has evolved around the figure of Maitreya.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Sponberg (Edited by), Helen Hardacre (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521180108, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1988, this book is a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the legend that has evolved around the figure of Maitreya, which followers of the Buddha Siddh?rtha Gautama had agreed would be the future Buddha, and the substantial influence of this legend on Buddhist culture. Arising out of an international conference held at Princeton University, this collection of twelve essays by specialists in textual studies, art history and cultural anthropology examines the origins of the Maitreya tradition in South Asia as well as a variety of culturally specific expressions of the tradition as it developed in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan. The essays explore the various expectations Buddhist practitioners have had of Maitreya and examine the iconographic and ritualistic symbols associated with this messianic and millenarian figure. Several essays also examine the controversy regarding circumstances under which the figure has sometimes taken on apocalyptic and eschatological characteristics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e introduction Alan Sponberg\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Mitreya and the History of Religions: 1. The many faces of Maitreta: a historian of religions' reflections Joseph M. Kitagawa\u003cbr\u003e 2. The meanings of the Maitreya myth: a typological analysis Jan Nattier\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Core Tradition and its Subsequent Variation\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Maitreya in South Asia: Introduction Alan Sponberg: 3. Stages in the Bodhisattva career of the Tath?gata Maitreya Padmanabh S. Jaini\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Maitreya in China , Korea, and Vietnam: Introduction Alan Sponberg: 4. W?nhyo on Maitreya visualisation Alan Sponberg\u003cbr\u003e 5. Messenger, savior and revolutionary: Maitreya in Chinese popular religious literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Daniel L. Overmyer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Maitreya in Korea Lewis Lancaster\u003cbr\u003e 7. Perfect world and perfect time: Maitreya in Vietnam Hue-Tame Ho Tai\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Maitreya in Japan: Introduction Helen Hardacre: 8. Types of Maitreya belief in Japan Miyata Noboru\u003cbr\u003e 9. The pensive prince of Ch?g?ju: Maitreya cult and image in seventh-century Japan Christine M. E. Guth\u003cbr\u003e 10. Awaiting Maitreya at kasagi Karen L. Brock\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mt Fuji as the realm of Miroku: the transformation of Maitrya in the cult of Mt Fuju in early modern Japan Martin Colcutt\u003cbr\u003e 12. Maitreya in modern Japan Helen Hardacre\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: a prospectus for the study of Maitreya Alan Sponberg\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005227454744,"sku":"9780521180108","price":37.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521180108i_ebbb13d8-961e-4e8a-903d-c1d78caf9624.jpg?v=1691373250","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maitreya-the-future-buddha-paperback-9780521180108","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}