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“Others Think I am Airy-fairy”: Practicing Navayana Buddhism in a Dutch Secular Climate |
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Wiering, Jelle
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.17 n.2 |
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| Date | 2016 |
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| Pages | 369 - 389 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | This article draws attention to Navayana (Western) Buddhists practicing their religiosity while facing a strongly secularized context. Based on data gathered from fieldwork, this article reveals an interesting paradox concerning the importance of material forms in Navayana Buddhism in the Netherlands. While the body and objects were observed to be crucial for the meditation ritual in Navayana Buddhism, their function was strongly downplayed by most practitioners themselves. I suggest that this contradiction reveals a particular coping mechanism mobilized by practitioners in order to cope with a marginalizing, secular environment. Hence, this article sheds new light on discussions about the characteristics of new forms and expressions of religiosity in secular contexts, and additionally questions the primarily theoretical assumptions regarding the passiveness of a secular environment. |
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| Table of contents | ABSTRACT 369
Introduction 369
A secular age 370
Cultural secularism 372
The research 373
Whisky, itch and Lamas 375
The Diamond Way sangha 375
A Diamond Way Buddhist regular evening 375
The Zen Buddhists sangha 377
A Zen Buddhist meditation session 377
Effective forms of Navayana Buddhism 379
Embodied expertise 379
Tools rather than gods 382
“Just to get you in the mood”: a non-religious introduction 384
The Buddhists’ coping mechanism 385
Conclusion 386
Disclosure statement 387
Notes on contributor 387 |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2016.1234751 |
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| Created date | 2019.01.16 |
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| Modified date | 2019.01.19 |
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