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| The Contemporary Thai Version of the Kathin Ceremony: Ceremonial Importance of the Distribution of White Envelops and the Money Tree Tradition | ||
| 作者 | Iso, Klairung |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of International Buddhist Studies (JIBS) |
| 卷期 | v.9 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2018.12 |
| 頁次 | 35 - 51 |
| 出版者 | Buddhist Research Institute, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.ojs.mcu.ac.th/index.php/JIBS/index |
| 出版地 | Bangkok, Thailand [曼谷, 泰國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author: College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University 999 Salaya, Phutthamonthol 4,NakhornPrathom 73170, Thailand Author for coresspondence email: klairung.iso@mahidol.ac.th |
| 關鍵詞 | Kathin; Contemporary Thai Society; Kamma; Dānā |
| 摘要 | The Kathin ceremony is generally known as a ceremony of the Buddhist laypeople to make an offering of new robes to the monks. The joyfulness of people in the contemporary Thai Kathin festival reflects a fusion of the traditional ritual and the modern socioeconomic context in the Thai society, which can be explained in three points. Firstly, since there is a strong incorporation between Animism, Buddhism and Brahmanism-Hinduism. Kathina reflects a combination of all the three beliefs, conducting good deeds to some sacred things in exchange of the protection from them as in the Animism theme, giving new robes to the monk as the traditional Buddhist scripture allows them to conduct, and putting a great deal of effort to create richness of rituals and processes as the Brahmanism-Hinduism heritage. Secondly, capitalism has trained people heavily on investing for gaining something. Apparently, there are many laypeople who conduct meritorious practices for gaining some instant happiness. Since Kathina is a ceremony recognized to provide a great amount of good result manifestation regarding the Law of Kamma, it is therefore not unusual to find the Thai laypeople who are enjoying enclosing some banknotes into the white envelopes or to attach some banknotes on to the money tree. However, the Law of Kamma is complex. Sometime, it seems a person will spend more than a lifetime to see the results of what one sowed. Being generous or gaining merit acquired by giving, therefore, seems to becomes something to heal people from the everyday traumas of life. In other words, giving is a way to help them emotionally not a way to purify their mind. |
| 目次 | Introduction 36 Thailand; where magic, rituals and monks are finely united, makes the Kathin ceremony a remarkably festive ritual. 37 Kathina takes place only once a year, so it is the grand pursuit of beneficial Kamma which Buddhist laypeople desire to participate in. 41 Conclusion 49 References 50 |
| ISSN | 19066244 (P); 25869620 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 132 |
| 建檔日期 | 2019.09.17 |
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