Thailand's International Meditation Centers: Tourism and the Global Commodification of Religious Practices

ISBN-13: 9781138078949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 198 str.

Brooke Schedneck

Opis

This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centres in Thailand. It discusses the development of Thai Buddhism, and the evolution of western views about Thai Buddhism, and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation.

Spis treści

Imagining Buddhism 2. Theravāda Buddhism and the History of Modern Vipassanā 3. The Field of International Engagement with Thai Meditation Centers 4. Narratives of International Meditators’ Experiences 5. Meditation for Tourists in Thailand: Commodifying a Universal and National Symbol 6. Pedagogical Techniques for Translating Vipassanā Meditation 7. Embodying Meditation 8. The Future of Thailand’s International Meditation Centers

O autorze

Brooke Schedneck is Lecturer of Buddhist Studies in the Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs at Chiangmai University, Thailand