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Buddhism and Waste - The Excess, Discard, and Afterlife of Buddhist Consumption (Paperback)
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Buddhism and Waste - The Excess, Discard, and Afterlife of Buddhist Consumption (Paperback)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion
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In what ways do Buddhists recognize, define, and sort waste from
non-waste? What happens to Buddhist-related waste? How do new
practices of Buddhist consumption result in new forms of waste and
consequently new ways of dealing with waste? This book explores
these questions in a close examination of a religion that is often
portrayed as anti-materialist and non-economic. It provides insight
into the complexity of Buddhist consumption, conceptions of waste,
and waste care. Examples include scripture that has been torn and
cannot be read, or an amulet that has disintegrated, as well as
garbage left behind on a pilgrimage, or the offerings of food and
prayer scarves that create ecological contamination. Chapters cover
mass-production and over-consumption, the wastefulness of
consumerism, the by-products of Buddhist practices like rituals and
festivals, and the impact of increased Buddhist consumption on
religious practices and social relations. The book also looks at
waste in terms of what is discarded, exploring issues of when and
why particular objects and practices are sorted and handled as
sacred and disposable. Contributors address how sacred materiality
is destined to wear and decay, as well as ideas about
redistribution, regeneration or recycling, and the idea of waste as
afterlife.
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