Introduction: Legacies, Trajectories, and Comparison in the Anthropology of Buddhism

Ladwig, Patrice; Sihlé, Nicolas

doi:10.3167/arrs.2017.080107

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“…10 This can be attributed to several reasons. Broader trends within the anthropology of Buddhism (Sihlé and Ladwig 2017;Gellner 2017)…”

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Theravada Buddhism in the Anthropocene: The Role of the Radical Virtuosi

Sirisena

2024

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This autoethnographic study of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka identifies an ecological ethic that can address the challenges posed by the Anthropocene, based on the praxis of a unique community: the radical forest-dwelling (araññavāsī) virtuosi, a distinct group within the Sri Lankan monastic Sangha. It discusses how Buddhist teachings, when put into practice, reveal an effective eco-ethic that might not be immediately apparent when one merely analyses the texts. Such a praxis is marked by an uncompromising love for fellow beings in shared habitats, and is evidently effective enough to trust with the protection of delicate ecosystems in a biodiversity hotspot. Emerging from arguably the most rigorous form of Buddhist monastic practice, this eco-ethic might not be easily attainable or sustainable for lay people. Yet, it reveals a range of possibilities wherein an alternative worldview can be adopted, and in doing so, makes a distinctive contribution to Buddhist environmentalism.

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“…10 This can be attributed to several reasons. Broader trends within the anthropology of Buddhism (Sihlé and Ladwig 2017;Gellner 2017)…”

Section: The Elusive Radical Virtuosimentioning

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Theravada Buddhism in the Anthropocene: The Role of the Radical Virtuosi

Sirisena

2024

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“…Take, for example, the emerging Anthropology of Buddhism (e.g. Sihlé and Ladwig 2017), which, within a single journal issue, explores manifestations of Buddhism in Tibet, Buddhism in Myanmar and Buddhism in Thailand. Or take the more established Anthropology of Christianity, which, in Cannell's well-known volume (2006), considers Christianity in its various manifestations across the world, including in Bolivia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Melanesia, Peru and Sweden.…”

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The comparative anthropology of religion, or the anthropology of religion compared: a critical comment

Hausner

2020

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In this commentary, I argue that we need to expose the multiple layers of historical thinking about the production of the category of religion that play into both our scholarly thinking and the way religion is lived, understood and fought for in the lives of our informants. We can no more take the contours (or limits) of any particular religion for granted, or as self‐evident, than we can take the category of religion, named as such, as a natural human phenomenon that is somehow free from the domain of culture.

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The remaking of a Tibetan mountain cult festival: the worship of landscape deities in the Rebgong Valley, Amdo

Havnevik

2023

Religion

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Introduction: Legacies, Trajectories, and Comparison in the Anthropology of Buddhism

Cited by 4 publications

References 75 publications

Theravada Buddhism in the Anthropocene: The Role of the Radical Virtuosi

Theravada Buddhism in the Anthropocene: The Role of the Radical Virtuosi

The comparative anthropology of religion, or the anthropology of religion compared: a critical comment

The remaking of a Tibetan mountain cult festival: the worship of landscape deities in the Rebgong Valley, Amdo

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