Old Shanghai culture oddity

Author: Meng Lingbing
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book includes "The Timing and Opportunity of the Season" — The Background of the Establishment of Shanghai Buddhist Booksellers, "Can the Tide of Decline Be Reversed?" — The Decline of Traditional Buddhism and the Revival of Modern Buddhism, "Shanghai, the Vibrant Stage of Dharma" — Shanghai as the Center of the Revival of Buddhism in Modern China; "Responding to the Moment and Opening New Perspectives" — The Main Achievements of Shanghai Buddhist Booksellers, "Favorable Timing, Favorable Location, and Favorable Systems" — The Establishment of Shanghai Buddhist Booksellers, "Promoting Dharma through Business and Spreading Merits across the World" — Business Strategies and Achievements, "Broadcasting the Sound of Dharma" Especially : The "Buddhist Monthly Magazine"; "Every Action is a Dharma Practice" — Ten Other Achievements, Establishing Branches and Distribution Centers, Setting Up Image Workshops, Affiliating Buddhist Literary Societies, Pioneering Wireless Broadcasts of Buddhist Programs, Producing Buddhist Records, Founding the Buddhist Correspondence Society, Establishing a Buddhist Bookstore Library, Setting Up a Sutra Publishing Department, Publishing and Distributing Buddhist Periodicals, Operating Religious Instruments and Cultural Relics; "Unwavering Vows to Transmit the Dharma" — The Publication of Modern "Great Canons" and Important Buddhist Collections, "The Dharma is Rare, China is Rare" — Introduction to the Chinese Language "Great Canon", "Favorable Conditions Have Come Together, This is a Superior Opportunity"; The Buddhist Booksellers and the Publication of Modern Chinese Language "Great Canons", "The Ocean of Dharma, Coming Back by Vow" — The Editing and Publication of Modern Buddhist Collections such as "The Commentary and Summary of the Huayan Sutra"; "One Mind to Save the World" — The Buddhist Booksellers' Publishing, Distribution, and Circulation of General Buddhist Works, "All Buddhist Books Are Here" — The Classification of Buddhist Books Published and Distributed by the Buddhist Booksellers, "Connecting with the Dharma Through Words" — Important Works in the General Buddhist Works Section.