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Monastic Patronage and Temple Building in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Caste, Ritual Performance, and Merit
Author Samuels, Jeffrey (著)
Source Modern Asian Studies
Volumev.41 n.4
Date2007.07
Pages769 - 795
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publisher Url http://www.journals.cambridge.org
LocationNew York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliation: Western Kentucky University, USA.
AbstractThe current article examines temple building and shifting monastic patronage in twentieth and twenty-first century Sri Lanka. Drawing heavily on fieldwork conducted in two separate upcountry villages over the past five years, the author argues that far from passively accepting the failings of local monastics, lay Buddhists are actively and directly involved in shaping their own religious experiences. In examining closely numerous conversations centered on temple construction, this article pays particular attention to how notions about ideal ritual performance, caste discrimination, and merit-making provide lay donors with the needed impetus for building new monastic institutions and, thus, establishing a choice of temple patronage where little or no such choice previously existed.
Table of contentsAbstract 769
I. Worshipping the Robe, Not the Wearer: Searching for Merit and the Performance of Rituals 771
II. Temple Building in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Sri Lanka 775
A. Uturu Bodhigama 776
B. Madugama 783
III. Temple Building and Shifting Patronage: Robes and Rituals in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Sri Lanka 792
Bibliography 793
ISSN0026749X (P); 14698099 (E)
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Created date2023.12.25
Modified date2023.12.25



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