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Reversal of Female Power, Transcendentality, and Gender in Thai Buddhism: The Thai Buddhist Female Saint Khun Mae Bunruean Tongbuntoem (1895–1964) |
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Seeger, Martin (著)
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| Source |
Modern Asian Studies
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| Volume | v.47 n.5 |
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| Date | 2013.09 |
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| Pages | 1488 - 1519 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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http://www.journals.cambridge.org
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: University of Leeds, UK. |
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| Abstract | Recently we have seen an increasing number of publications, mostly of an ethnographic nature, describing and discussing the significant religious roles and achievements of Thai Buddhist women, not only in the field of Buddhist education, and with regard to their monastic roles, but also in terms of their roles as accomplished Buddhist practitioners. This paper examines the changes occurring in the status and position of women in Thai Buddhist practice. In this regard I focus on the analysis of one of the first widely acknowledged female saints of modern Thai Buddhism: Khun Mae Bunruean Tongbuntoem (1895–1964). Khun Mae Bunruean has obtained her increasing reputation through the advanced meditative achievements which her followers believe she possessed. I use hagiographical accounts of her as a focal point to unravel and examine Thai beliefs in relation to female sainthood in present-day Thai Buddhism. This is done by discussing gendered hagiographical writing against the background of relevant canonical and post-canonical Pali texts that have exerted authority in religious discourses on gender by informing and nurturing Thai religious value systems. This textual research is complemented by the ethnographic examination of Thai Buddhist beliefs and venerational practices which cannot be found in authoritative Pali texts but which still play a significant role in the understanding of the particularities of female saints in modern Thai Buddhism. I do not confine myself to hagiographical accounts and venerational practices directly linked to gender, but also devote some attention to other conspicuous aspects, elements, and expressions of Mae Bunruean's sainthood and her veneration. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 1488
Introduction 1489
Khun Mae Bunruean's life 1495
Accumulative hagiography and authentification of supernaturality 1500
Transcendentality and supernaturality: Female sainthood in present-day Thai Buddhism 1503
Gender, bodily relics, and amulets 1512
Discussion 1516 |
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| ISSN | 0026749X (P); 14698099 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.12.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.12.26 |
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