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The Ordination of a Tree: The Thai Buddhist Environmental Movement |
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Darlington, Susan M. (著)
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| Volume | Special Issue |
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| Date | 2012.12 |
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| Pages | 320 |
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| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
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https://sunypress.edu/
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| Location | Albany, NY, US [奧爾巴尼, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Hardcover : 9781438444659, 320 pages, December 2012
Paperback : 9781438444642, 320 pages, February 2013
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| Abstract | Thai Buddhist monks wrap orange clerical robes around trees to protect forests. "Ordaining" a tree is a provocative ritual that has become the symbol of a small but influential monastic movement aimed at reversing environmental degradation and the unsustainable economic development and consumerism that fuel it. This book examines the evolution of this movement from the late 1980s to the present, exploring the tree ordination and other rituals used to resist destructive national projects. Susan M. Darlington explores monks' motivations, showing how they interpret their lived religion as the basis of their actions, and provides an in-depth portrait of activist monk Phrakhru Pitak Nanthakhun. The obstacles monks face, including damage to their reputations, arrest, and even assassination, reveal the difficulty of enacting social justice. Even the tree ordination itself must now withstand its appropriation for state projects. Despite this, monks have gone from individual action to a loosely allied movement that now works with nongovernmental organizations. This is a fascinating, firsthand account of engaged Buddhism. |
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| Table of contents | Lis of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
A Note on Language and Names xvii
1 The Framework 1
2 The Forest, The Village, and The Ecology Monk 29
3 The Rituals 53
4 The Precedents 93
5 The Grassroots 133
6 The Movement 167
7 The Challenges 197
8 The Future 229
Notes 249
References 267
Index 285 |
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| ISBN | 9781438444659 (hbc); 9781438444642 (pbc); 9781438444666 (ebook) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Venerating, Personifying, Ordaining: Preserving Trees and Forests in Contemporary Asian Religions / Baltutis, Michael (評論)
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| Created date | 2024.05.29 |
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| Modified date | 2024.05.29 |
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