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Clay Bodhisattva Crossing the River: Buddhist Public Diplomacy and Its Dialectic in Contemporary China

Monday, March 28, 2022 18:00to19:30
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Numata Lecture in Buddhist Studies

Clay Bodhisattva Crossing the River: Buddhist Public Diplomacy and Its Dialectic in Contemporary China

Lawrence Y. K Lau

Abstract

Since the turn of the millennium, Buddhism has been constructed as a cultural 鈥渟oft power鈥 by China in cultivating ties with Buddhist countries in South, Southeast and Northeast Asia. Over time, Western countries are also added to the list of target audience as China 鈥渆xports鈥 its Buddhism. This talk identifies similar practices in post-1949 Mao China and provides an analysis for the rationale and strategies for such policies, their corresponding projects, as well as reactions from the international Buddhist communities. It will conclude with an evaluation of the impact of China鈥檚 Buddhist diplomatic soft power and its future trajectory.

Speaker

Lawrence Y.K. Lau is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai. His primary research areas are Yog腻c腻ra Buddhism and Buddhist political-religious relationship under secularization. He recent publications include Klea and Vijapti: A Philosophical Studies on East Asian Vij帽腻navda (2020), Monastic Literati and Militants: Interacting among Buddhism, Society and Politics (2020), and Le Bouddhisme engage and Civil Society: A Study of Buddhist Public Engagement in Thailand and Malaysia (2019).

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