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東文研セミナー "Re-entering the World? Rituals and Decisions to Leave the Sangha in Theravāda Communities" が開催されました
１１月２７日、Kate Crosby博士 (SOAS/King's College)による講演、Re-dentering the World? Rituals and Decisions to Leave the Sangha in Theravāda Communitiesが行われ、約三十名の聴衆が参加し、講演後も時間超過するほど質疑応答が活発に交わされて盛会裏に終了した。
日時 / Date ： 平成24年11月27日（火）16時～17時30分 / 16:00-17:30 on Tuesday, 27 November 2012
場所 / Venue ： 東京大学東洋文化研究所 3階 第一会議室 / 1st Conference Room 304 (3rd floor), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
題目/ Title：Re-entering the World? Rituals and Decisions to Leave the Sangha in Theravāda Communities
発表者 / Speaker ： Kate Crosby, SOAS/King’s College, London
使用言語 / Language ： 英語 / English
概要 / Abstract：
The reason boys and young men become monks in Theravada Buddhism has been much studied. Becoming a monk generates merit for parents, provides access to education, and enables social mobility. It is a lifecycle ritual, revealing brahmanical influences and re-enacting the Buddha’s leaving home. But what about the other end of the process, what motivates a monk to leave the Sangha and ‘re-enter’ society? How about those monks who stay long term? This talk will look at monastic disrobing patterns across Theravada regions, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts. We shall look at rituals, as well as psychological and financial consequences, the societal roles of monks and how these have been affected by political events of the 20th centuries. We shall see the impact of the civil war and over-population in Bangladesh, secularisation in Laos, the killings under the Khmer Rouge and age restrictions under the Vietnamese in Cambodia. While marked similarities affect monks life-choices throughout the Theravada world, disrobing is also a barometer reflecting the particular pressures facing each society. On the one hand, fear and failure to act before the appropriate age (c.40), on the other hand, altruism, entrepreneurship and genuine spiritual motivation are key factors in ensuring lifelong commitment.
担当 / Organizer：馬場紀寿／BABA Norihisa
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掲載期間：20121127 - 20130227
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