human interactions with nature; religion; self psychology; Vietnamese Buddhism
摘要
This study employs ethnographic field data to trace a dialogue between the self-psychological concept of the self object and experiences regarding the concept of “interbeing” at a Vietnamese Buddhist monastery in the United States. The dialogue develops an understanding of human experiences with the nonhuman natural world which are tensive, liminal, and nondual. From the dialogue I find that the self object concept, when applied to this form of Buddhism, must be inclusive enough to embrace relationships with animals, stones, and other natural forms. The dialogue further delineates a self-psychological methodology for examining religions in their interactions with natural forms.
目次
The Self Object in Self Psychology 556 The Field Setting 559 Teaching Interbeing 560 Teachings at Magnolia Grove 562 Practices of Interbeing 564 Dialogic Encounter 568 Notes 569 References 570
