Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.
Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human rights as well as the relationship between politics and religion in a country in which neither the government nor the people clearly separates the two. Jordt explains how the movement has been successful in its challenge to the Burmese military dictatorship where democratically inspired resistance movements have failed.
Jordt’s unsurpassed access to the centers of political and religious power in Burma becomes the reader’s opportunity to witness the political workings of one of the world’s most secretive and tyrannically ruled countries. Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement is a valuable contribution to Buddhist studies as well as anthropology, religious studies, and political science.
0 有用 步秋 2023-05-26 04:50:15 美国
第二章对Lay Mass Meditation框架内从个人过渡到社会-政治层面的分析以及第三章关于implicit anti-regime resistance对“公共领域”概念的挑战写得很赞，但是第三章关于politics of sincerity和lay meditation的关系没有铺陈得特别明晰(虽然明显涉及到intention)，对男女dana clique的形成和运作的比较还蛮有趣的,... 第二章对Lay Mass Meditation框架内从个人过渡到社会-政治层面的分析以及第三章关于implicit anti-regime resistance对“公共领域”概念的挑战写得很赞，但是第三章关于politics of sincerity和lay meditation的关系没有铺陈得特别明晰(虽然明显涉及到intention)，对男女dana clique的形成和运作的比较还蛮有趣的, 但我不太清楚现实中是否是如此分明的binary。关于gender，作者只是提及女性的karmic deficiency以及禅修如何提供另一种解放可能，但是这种讨论是可预见的，那么禅修女性的reintegration into worldly affairs是怎么样的日常体验？我比较好奇这点。 (展开)
0 有用 Мишка 2018-11-08 18:29:51
新世俗运动与传统僧伽俗众对立的消解。