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Monastic Economic Reform at Rong-bo Monastery: Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Tibetan Monastic Revival and development in A-mdo |
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Author |
Caple, Jane
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Source |
Buddhist Studies Review
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Volume | v.27 n.2 |
Date | 2010 |
Pages | 197 - 219 |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. |
Publisher Url |
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/
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Location | Sheffield, UK [謝菲爾德, 英國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Abstract | Scholarly focus on the political relationship between monasteries and the state has obscured other dynamics in the post-Mao revival and development of dGe-lugs-pa monasticism in China and led to its marginalization in wider discussions about Buddhism in the contemporary world. The present article seeks to broaden our understanding by examining economic reforms at a monastery in A-mdo. Based on fieldwork conducted 2008-2009, it argues that while recent monastic economic developments converge with state policies, monks’ narratives place agency for reforms within the monastic community and present impetus for reform as a moral issue. Consideration of the moral dimension of reforms, drawing on Sayer’s conception of moral economy, allows for a thicker understanding of contemporary monastic development which takes into account dynamics that extend beyond monastic interactions with the political and hegemonic power of the Chinese state. |
ISSN | 02652897 (P); 17479681 (E) |
DOI | 10.1558/bsrv.v27i2.197 |
Hits | 225 |
Created date | 2011.03.10 |
Modified date | 2017.07.05 |

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