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Buddhist Aspects of Health and Wellness in Premodern Chinese Tea Culture Buddhist ideas, institutions and individuals were influential in the creation of Chinese tea culture from at least the eighth century onwards. Given that tea was often promoted by Buddhists as an alternative to alcohol, and that it was extolled for its abilities to support strenuous meditation practice, were there particular Buddhist discourses of health and wellness with regard to tea drinking? In this lecture, we will explore the surviving textual, artistic and material evidence in order to understand better some of the virtues of consumption from a Chinese Buddhist perspective. Wednesday, April 12, 2017 LOCATION: UA Poetry Center Dorothy Rubel Room Helen S. Schaefer Building, 1508 E. Helen St. TIME: 3:00 pm SUGGESTED PARKING: Highland Garage Professor James Benn Religious Studies, McMaster University James Benn was trained primarily as a scholar of medieval Chinese religions (Buddhism and Taoism). His research is aimed at understanding the practices and world views of medieval men and women, both religious and lay, through the close reading of primary sources in literary Chinese—the lingua franca of East Asian religions. He has concentrated on three major areas of research: bodily practice in Chinese Religions; the ways in which people create and transmit new religious practices and doctrines; and the religious dimensions of commodity culture. In particular, he has worked on self-immolation, Chinese Buddhist apocrypha, and the religious and cultural history of tea. For more information CONTACT: East Asian Studies Program 621-7505 or eas.arizona.edu University of Arizona, Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture SHOT
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Buddhist Aspects of Health and Wellness in Premodern Chinese Tea Culture
Buddhist ideas, institutions and individuals were influential in the creation of Chinese tea culture from at least the eighth century onwards. Given that tea was often promoted by Buddhists as an alternative to alcohol, and that it was extolled for its abilities to support strenuous meditation practice, were there particular Buddhist discourses of health and wellness with regard to tea drinking? In this lecture, we will explore the surviving textual, artistic and material evidence in order to understand better some of the virtues of consumption from a Chinese Buddhist perspective.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
L O C AT I O N :
UA Poetry Center Dorothy Rubel Room Helen S. Schaefer
Building, 1508 E. Helen St.
T I M E :
3:00 pm
S U G G E S T E D PA R K I N G:
Highland Garage
Professor James BennReligious Studies, McMaster University
James Benn was trained primari ly as a scholar of medieval Chinese rel igions (Buddhism and Taoism). His research is aimed at understanding the practices and world views of medieval men and women, both rel igious and lay, through the c lose reading of primary sources in l i terary Chinese—the l ingua franca of East Asian rel igions. He has concentrated on three major areas of research: bodily practice in Chinese Rel igions; the ways in which people create and transmit new rel igious practices and doctrines; and the rel igious dimensions of commodity culture. In particular , he has worked on self- immolation, Chinese Buddhist apocrypha, and the rel igious and cultural history of tea.
For more information CONTACT: East Asian Studies Program 621-7505 or eas.arizona.edu
U n i v e r s i t y o f A r i z o n a , K h y e n t s e F o u n d a t i o n B u d d h i s t S t u d i e s L e c t u r e
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