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Living with the Mountain: Mountain Propitiation Rituals in the Making of Human-Environmental Ethics in Sikkim |
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Bhutia, Kalzang Dorjee (著)
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Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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| Volume | v.28 |
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| Date | 2021 |
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| Pages | 261 - 294 |
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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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| Abstract | In 2019, a debate erupted in the eastern Himalayan Indian state of Sikkim over whether the Indian Government should allow climbers to attempt to summit Mount Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain, located on the western border of Sikkim and Nepal. For local communities in Sikkim, Kanchendzonga, as the mountain is known, is seen as the protector deity of the land and its human and nonhuman inhabitants. Summiting him is considered deeply disrespectful. Ritual and textual traditions in contemporary west Sikkim provide insight into how local Buddhists create and reaffirm their relationship with Kanchendzonga and provide context for understanding the 2019 debates. These traditions outline appropriate ethical behavior and function pedagogically to demonstrate how the mountain and humans have historically engaged in forms of reciprocal care, healing, and protection, and how they can continue to do so, thereby ensuring a generative future for all of Sikkim’s transdimensional residents. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 262
Mountain Deity Rituals as Pedagogies of How to Live with the Mountain 267
Caring (gces) for the Mountain, Caring for the People 270
Healing (Drak) the Mountain, Healing the Community 275
Protecting (Srung) the Residents, Protecting the Mountain 280
Conclusion 286 |
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| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
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| Hits | 143 |
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| Created date | 2022.02.15 |
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