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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

8/1/2005 - 7/31/2006

Funding Totals

$40,000.00 (approved)
$40,000.00 (awarded)

Esoteric Buddhism in Continental East Asia, 755-1276

FAIN: FB-51743-05

Charles Daniel Orzech
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Greensboro, NC 27412-5068)

Translation and Transformation: Esoteric Buddhism in Continental East Asia, 755-1276 will be the first comprehensive treatment in English of Esoteric Buddhism in the middle period of East Asian history. Employing a framework derived from post-colonial, translation, and conceptual metaphor theories, I demonstrate the pervasive influence of Esoteric texts, rituals, and art emanating from South Asia on religious and political life across continental East Asia. In doing so I provide a new approach to understanding cultural encounter.