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Author Schedneck, Brooke, author

Title Thailand's international meditation centers : tourism and the global commodification of religious practices / Brooke Schedneck
Published London [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs, tables
Series Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series ; 3
Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series ; 3.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Transliteration of Thai terms; 1 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; Bibliography
Summary This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raisi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Meditation -- Thailand -- Buddhism
Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Tourism -- Thailand
Buddhism -- Thailand
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Buddhism
Meditation -- Buddhism
Tourism
Buddhismus
Tourismus
Vipashyanā
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand.
Form Electronic book
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