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Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement: Building Individuals, Community, and (Thai) Society |
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Essen, Juliana M.
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Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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| Volume | v.11 |
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| Date | 2004 |
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| Pages | 1 - 20 |
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| Publisher | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
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https://history.la.psu.edu/
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| Location | University Park, PA, US |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Juliana M. Essen, Soka University of America |
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| Keyword | 泰國佛教=Thai Buddhism |
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| Abstract | The late 1990s economic crisis in Southeast Asia marked a critical moment in Thailand’s history. Now, many Thais pause to reevaluate their nation’s development path and to consider alternatives for a primarily Buddhist, agrarian society. The Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement in Thailand offers one such alternative. The Asoke group’s aim is not a Western ideal—to accumulate high levels of material comfort, but a Buddhist ideal—to release attachment to the material world and attain spiritual freedom. Like other Buddhist approaches to development, Asoke-style development begins with personal spiritual advancement; yet it emphasizes worldly engagement in order to address contemporary social, economic, and environmental dilemmas. This paper draws from ethnographic research at one Asoke community to illustrate how Asoke Buddhist beliefs and practices contribute to development on three levels: individual, community, and society. |
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| Table of contents | Lay Buddhist Practice 2
Buddhist Responses to Modern Problems in Thailand 5
The Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement 6
Srisa Asoke Buddhist Center 7
Meritism: The Asoke Development Model 8
Building the individual 9
Building community 12
Building society 14
Conclusion 17
Notes 18
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| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
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| Hits | 910 |
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| Created date | 2004.08.13
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| Modified date | 2017.07.11 |
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