New Buddhist Movements in Thailand

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1、NEWBUDDHISTMOVEMENTSINTHAILANDThisbookexaminestwonewBuddhistmovementsinThailand,namelytheWatPhraDhammakayaandSantiAsoke.ThesemovementsrepresenttwodistinctivetrendswithincontemporaryBuddhisminThailand.Vastlydifferentinbeliefandpractice,theyemergedinThailandinthe1970satatimeofpoliticalu

2、ncertainty,socialchangeandincreasingdissatisfactionwiththeThaiSakghaanditsleadership.RoryMackenzieexplainswhythesemovementshavecomeintobeing,whattheyhavereactedagainstandwhattheyoffertotheirmembers.TheWatPhraDhammakayatraditionviewsitselfasalarge,modernmovementstructuredforgrowth,conv

3、enienceandefficiency.IthasspreadtoelevendifferentcountriesandWesternersareincreasinglybeingattractedtothemovementthroughthepracticeofDhammakayameditation.Theauthorarguesthatthereissomejustificationindescribingthishighlyprogressivemovementasfundamentalistandmillenarianduetotheirstrongf

4、ocusonmeditation,andthebeliefthatsomemembershaveintheirleaderasaviourfigure.SantiAsokemembersviewthecommunitiesinwhichtheyliveasplaceswheretheyexperiencejusticeandsupportforlivingmorallyuprightlives.Theyalsoviewtheircommunitiesasalocusfortheirliberationfromsuffering.Theauthorsuggestst

5、hatSantiAsokemaybestbedescribedasanascetic/prophetic,utopianmovementwithlegalistictendencies.ThisbookshouldappealtothoseinterestedinBuddhism’sconfrontationwithmodernity,anditsresponsestoevolvingsocialissuesinThailand,aswellastothoseinterestedinnewreligionsinthebroadercontextofreligiou

6、sstudies.RoryMackenzieteachesBuddhismandPracticalTheologyattheInternationalChristianCollege,Glasgow.HehaslivedinThailandforelevenyears,isinvolvedintheThaicommunityinEdinburghandmakesregularvisitsbacktoThailand.ROUTLEDGECRITICALSTUDIESINBUDDHISMGeneralEditorsCharlesS.PrebishandDamienKe

7、ownRoutledgeCriticalStudiesinBuddhismisacomprehensivestudyoftheBuddhisttradition.Theseriesexploresthiscomplexandextensivetraditionfromavarietyofperspectives,usingarangeofdifferentmethodologies.Theseriesisdiverseinitsfocus,includinghistoricalstudies,textualtranslationsandcommentaries,s

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