Monastic economic reform at Rong-bo monastery: Towards an understanding of contemporary Tibetan monastic revival and development in A-mdo
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Monastic economic reform at Rong-bo monastery : Towards an understanding of contemporary Tibetan monastic revival and development in A-mdo. / Caple, Jane Eluned.
In: Buddhist Studies Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2010, p. 197-219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Monastic economic reform at Rong-bo monastery
T2 - Towards an understanding of contemporary Tibetan monastic revival and development in A-mdo
AU - Caple, Jane Eluned
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Scholarly focus on the political relationship between monasteries and the state has obscured other dynamics in the post-Mao revival and development of dGe-lugs-pa monasticism in China and led to its marginalisation in wider discussions about Buddhism in the contemporary world. The present article seeks to broaden our understanding by examining economic reforms at a monastery in A-mdo. Based on fieldwork conducted 2008–2009, it argues that while recent monastic economic developments converge with state policies, monks’ narratives place agency for reforms within the monastic community and present impetus for reform as a moral issue. Consideration of the moral dimension of reforms, drawing on Sayer’s conception of ‘moral economy’, allows for a thicker understanding of contemporary monastic development which takes into account dynamics that extend beyond monastic interactions with the political and hegemonic power of the Chinese state.
AB - Scholarly focus on the political relationship between monasteries and the state has obscured other dynamics in the post-Mao revival and development of dGe-lugs-pa monasticism in China and led to its marginalisation in wider discussions about Buddhism in the contemporary world. The present article seeks to broaden our understanding by examining economic reforms at a monastery in A-mdo. Based on fieldwork conducted 2008–2009, it argues that while recent monastic economic developments converge with state policies, monks’ narratives place agency for reforms within the monastic community and present impetus for reform as a moral issue. Consideration of the moral dimension of reforms, drawing on Sayer’s conception of ‘moral economy’, allows for a thicker understanding of contemporary monastic development which takes into account dynamics that extend beyond monastic interactions with the political and hegemonic power of the Chinese state.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Tibet
KW - Buddhism
KW - Monastic economy
KW - Moral economy
KW - Amdo
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 197
EP - 219
JO - Buddhist Studies Review
JF - Buddhist Studies Review
SN - 0265-2897
IS - 2
ER -
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