About Buddhist Burma: Thathana, or ‘Religion’ as Social Space

Perrière, Bénédicte Brac de la

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“…They deserve to be carefully discriminated according to their specific ritual contexts. The contrast highlighted here could be further complexified if we looked at these forms in other intermediate ritual settings such as possession of devotees by thaik-naga in their specific cult locations rather than during Thirty-seven Lords spirit possession séances (Brac de la Perrière, 2022; Foxeus, 2018) or inspired possession of weikza cult leaders (Brac de la Perrière, 2014). However, this simplified, stereotypic contrast, as represented earlier, already enables us to recognize that the use of the single label of ‘possession’ to describe both exorcism and adorcism standard bodily behaviours may be misleading.…”

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Exorcism: A device of differentiation in Burmese Buddhism

Perrière

2022

Social Compass

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In Burma, exorcism is readily observable as a healing practice, and appears as a relatively well-bound domain ensconced into the larger and manifold Burmese Buddhist esoterism known as the weikza path. In this article, exorcism will be examined to unveil what he does to the Burmese religion. Particularly, manifestation of nefarious beings provoked by specialists in their patients during séances, through supposedly erratic movement is opposed to spirit possession’s dances as exorcism to adorcism (de Heusch). It is argued that bodily behaviour is used by exorcist as a way to demonstrate whose spiritual beings’ worship should be abandoned by patients undertaking the exorcist cure and by weikza followers.

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Exorcism: A device of differentiation in Burmese Buddhism

Perrière

2022

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“…Buddhism, as an encompassing ideology and civic religion, has provided a unified symbolic system for Southeast Asians to interpret and organize their day-to-day lives (Schober, 2011). For Southeast Asian Americans, nearly all domains of social life have been shaped by the Buddhist worldview(de la Perriere B., 2017). With Buddhism, the principal beliefs are focused on karma and reincarnation, and both may factor into self-management and self-efficacy (Klunklin & Greenwood, 2005).…”

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HIV and religion in HIV-infected Asians and their families: A qualitative study

Tang

Chen

2018

Applied Nursing Research

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“…With strong Buddhism influences, PWH in Myanmar rely on religion more during the unrest. Currently, few studies have explored the mitigating effect of mindfulness on the perceived stress arising from HIV stigma among PWH in Myanmar, a country heavily influenced by Buddhism and where mindfulness practice is common (de la Perriere, 2017; United Nations Demographic Statistics Database, 2017). We examined the interacting relationships among perceived stress, mindfulness, and HIV stigma.…”

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The Mediating Effects of Mindfulness on Perceived Stress From HIV Stigma in People Living With HIV in Myanmar: A Cross-sectional Study

Huang¹,

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Shiu³

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J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care

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HIV is a highly stigmatized and stressful condition for people with HIV (PWH). As a country heavily influenced by religion, especially Buddhism, we explore how the perceived stress from HIV stigma interacts with the mediator of mindfulness on PWH in Myanmar. From January to July 2020, a sample of 248 eligible PWH was recruited by quasi-random sampling methods from a private Facebook group in Myanmar. Data on demographics, HIV stigma, mindfulness, and perceived stress were collected. The bias-corrected percentile bootstrap method was used to test multiple mediation analyses. The path from perceived HIV stigma to perceived stress (direct effect b 5 0.16) and the mediating effect of mindfulness on that stress were significant (indirect effect accounts for 45.15% of total effect). The findings indicate that interventions enhancing mindfulness-based practice should be considered to reduce HIV stigma and, therefore, lower perceived stress among PWH in Myanmar.

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About Buddhist Burma: Thathana, or ‘Religion’ as Social Space

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Exorcism: A device of differentiation in Burmese Buddhism

Exorcism: A device of differentiation in Burmese Buddhism

HIV and religion in HIV-infected Asians and their families: A qualitative study

The Mediating Effects of Mindfulness on Perceived Stress From HIV Stigma in People Living With HIV in Myanmar: A Cross-sectional Study

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