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This book explores contemporary practices within the new
institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It
discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement
in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of
commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how
meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author
considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within
international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in
Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of
religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism
and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange,
spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim
of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers
a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in
Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal
to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel
as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with
different cultures, and are appropriated over time.
This book explores contemporary practices within the new
institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It
discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement
in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of
commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how
meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author
considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within
international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in
Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of
religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism
and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange,
spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim
of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers
a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in
Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal
to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel
as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with
different cultures, and are appropriated over time.
Temples are everywhere in Chiang Mai, filled with tourists as well
as saffron-robed monks of all ages. The monks participate in daily
urban life here as elsewhere in Thailand, where Buddhism is
promoted, protected, and valued as a tourist attraction. Yet this
mountain city offers more than a fleeting, commodified tourist
experience, as the encounters between foreign visitors and Buddhist
monks can have long-lasting effects on both parties. These
religious contacts take place where economic motives, missionary
zeal, and opportunities for cultural exchange coincide. Brooke
Schedneck incorporates fieldwork and interviews with student monks
and tourists to examine the innovative ways that Thai Buddhist
temples offer foreign visitors spaces for religious instruction and
popular in-person Monk Chat sessions in which tourists ask
questions about Buddhism. Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand
also considers how Thai monks perceive other religions and cultures
and how they represent their own religion when interacting with
tourists, resulting in a revealing study of how religious
traditions adapt to an era of globalization.
Temples are everywhere in Chiang Mai, filled with tourists as well
as saffron-robed monks of all ages. The monks participate in daily
urban life here as elsewhere in Thailand, where Buddhism is
promoted, protected, and valued as a tourist attraction. Yet this
mountain city offers more than a fleeting, commodified tourist
experience, as the encounters between foreign visitors and Buddhist
monks can have long-lasting effects on both parties. These
religious contacts take place where economic motives, missionary
zeal, and opportunities for cultural exchange coincide. Brooke
Schedneck incorporates fieldwork and interviews with student monks
and tourists to examine the innovative ways that Thai Buddhist
temples offer foreign visitors spaces for religious instruction and
popular in-person Monk Chat sessions in which tourists ask
questions about Buddhism. Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand
also considers how Thai monks perceive other religions and cultures
and how they represent their own religion when interacting with
tourists, resulting in a revealing study of how religious
traditions adapt to an era of globalization.
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Buddhist Tourism in Asia (Hardcover)
Courtney Bruntz, Brooke Schedneck; Series edited by Mark Michael Rowe; Contributions by David Geary, John Marston, …
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R2,315
Discovery Miles 23 150
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This innovative collaborative work-the first to focus on Buddhist
tourism-explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business
corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings
of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies,
anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious
monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socio-economic
and cultural trends in the region. Following an introduction that
offers the first theoretical understanding of tourism from a
Buddhist studies' perspective, early chapters discuss the ways
Buddhists and non-Buddhists imagine concepts and places related to
the religion. Case studies highlight Buddhist peace in India,
Buddhist heavens and hells in Singapore, Thai temple space, and the
future Buddha Maitreya in China. Buddhist tourism's connections to
the state, market, and new technologies are explored in chapters on
Indian package tours for pilgrims, thematic Buddhist tourism in
Cambodia, the technological innovations of Buddhist temples in
China, and the promotion of pilgrimage sites in Japan. Contributors
then situate the financial concerns of Chinese temples, speed
dating in temples in Japan, and the diffuse and pervasive nature of
Buddhism for tourism promotion in Ladakh, India. How have tourist
routes, groups, sites, and practices associated with Buddhism come
to be possible and what are the effects? In what ways do travelers
derive meaning from Buddhist places? How do Buddhist sites fortify
national, cultural, or religious identities? The comparative
research in South, Southeast, and East Asia presented here draws
attention to the intertwining of the sacred and the financial and
how local and national sites are situated within global networks.
Together these findings generate a compelling comparative
investigation of Buddhist spaces, identities, and practices.
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Buddhist Tourism in Asia (Paperback)
Courtney Bruntz, Brooke Schedneck; Series edited by Mark Michael Rowe; Contributions by David Geary, John Marston, …
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R924
Discovery Miles 9 240
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This innovative collaborative work-the first to focus on Buddhist
tourism-explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business
corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings
of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies,
anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious
monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic
and cultural trends in the region. Following an introduction that
offers the first theoretical understanding of tourism from a
Buddhist studies' perspective, early chapters discuss the ways
Buddhists and non-Buddhists imagine concepts and places related to
the religion. Case studies highlight Buddhist peace in India,
Buddhist heavens and hells in Singapore, Thai temple space, and the
future Buddha Maitreya in China. Buddhist tourism's connections to
the state, market, and new technologies are explored in chapters on
Indian package tours for pilgrims, thematic Buddhist tourism in
Cambodia, the technological innovations of Buddhist temples in
China, and the promotion of pilgrimage sites in Japan. Contributors
then situate the financial concerns of Chinese temples, speed
dating in temples in Japan, and the diffuse and pervasive nature of
Buddhism for tourism promotion in Ladakh, India. How have tourist
routes, groups, sites, and practices associated with Buddhism come
to be possible and what are the effects? In what ways do travelers
derive meaning from Buddhist places? How do Buddhist sites fortify
national, cultural, or religious identities? The comparative
research in South, Southeast, and East Asia presented here draws
attention to the intertwining of the sacred and the financial and
how local and national sites are situated within global networks.
Together these findings generate a compelling comparative
investigation of Buddhist spaces, identities, and practices.
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