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| - | + | The '''Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association 上海佛教淨業社''' was a Shànghǎi lay society dedicated to charity and the practice of Buddhism. | |
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* [[1923]] - 19?? | * [[1923]] - 19?? | ||
* Location(s): the Garden of Awakening [[覺園]] in Shànghǎi [[上海]] | * Location(s): the Garden of Awakening [[覺園]] in Shànghǎi [[上海]] | ||
| + | == History == | ||
This organization was formed after the Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association [[上海世界佛教居士林]] split in [[1922]] (the other part became the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]]). There was significant overlap in the membership of the two groups. | This organization was formed after the Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association [[上海世界佛教居士林]] split in [[1922]] (the other part became the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]]). There was significant overlap in the membership of the two groups. | ||
| - | The Society engaged in a number of different activities. In addition to Buddhist recitation sessions for its members, it ran an orphanage and a free medical clinic. It also ran Buddha's Voice Radio [[XMHB]] from the [[1930s]] to [[1940]]. The magazine ''Jìngyè yuèkān''[[淨業月刊]] (''Pure Karma Monthly'') was published here from [[1926]]. | + | The Society engaged in a number of different activities. In addition to Buddhist recitation sessions for its members, it ran an orphanage and a free medical clinic. It also ran Buddha's Voice Radio [[XMHB]] from the [[1930s]] to [[1940]]. The magazine ''Jìngyè yuèkān'' [[淨業月刊]] (''Pure Karma Monthly'') was published here from [[1926]]. |
As an important nexus of Shànghǎi Buddhism, this organization provided resources of money, space, and members to a number of other organizations. For several years after its founding in [[1929]], the Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] was headquartered here. The Pure karma Society also hosted the Bodhi Study Society [[菩提學會]] in the mid [[1930s]]. | As an important nexus of Shànghǎi Buddhism, this organization provided resources of money, space, and members to a number of other organizations. For several years after its founding in [[1929]], the Chinese Buddhist Association [[中國佛教會]] was headquartered here. The Pure karma Society also hosted the Bodhi Study Society [[菩提學會]] in the mid [[1930s]]. | ||
| - | + | == Notable Members == | |
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* Guān Jiǒngzhī [[關絅之]] | * Guān Jiǒngzhī [[關絅之]] | ||
* Huáng Hánzhī [[黃涵之]] | * Huáng Hánzhī [[黃涵之]] | ||
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* Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] | * Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] | ||
| - | + | == Notes == | |
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<references/> | <references/> | ||
| - | + | == References == | |
| - | + | * Jessup, James Brooks. “The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956.” Ph.D. Diss. University of California, Berkeley, 2010. | |
* {{BRC}} Pp. 41, 76, 311. | * {{BRC}} Pp. 41, 76, 311. | ||
[[Category:Institution]] | [[Category:Institution]] | ||
The Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association 上海佛教淨業社 was a Shànghǎi lay society dedicated to charity and the practice of Buddhism.
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This organization was formed after the Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association 上海世界佛教居士林 split in 1922 (the other part became the World Lay Buddhist Association 世界佛教居士林). There was significant overlap in the membership of the two groups.
The Society engaged in a number of different activities. In addition to Buddhist recitation sessions for its members, it ran an orphanage and a free medical clinic. It also ran Buddha's Voice Radio XMHB from the 1930s to 1940. The magazine Jìngyè yuèkān 淨業月刊 (Pure Karma Monthly) was published here from 1926.
As an important nexus of Shànghǎi Buddhism, this organization provided resources of money, space, and members to a number of other organizations. For several years after its founding in 1929, the Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教會 was headquartered here. The Pure karma Society also hosted the Bodhi Study Society 菩提學會 in the mid 1930s.