Dr. Melody Tzu-Lung Chiu - 当代缅甸汉传佛教寺院丧葬仪式概览
5月10日周二
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丧葬仪式与佛教是相互依存的，在华人语境中尤其如此。事实上，已有大量研究探讨佛教葬礼或华人丧葬仪式；然而，当代缅甸华人的佛教丧葬仪式却鲜有学者进行深入考察。
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2022年5月10日 18:00 – 19:00
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Modern and Contemporary Buddhist Encounters in the Southern Sinosphere
Institute for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism (ISHB), University of the West
Melody Tzu-Lung Chiu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Death rituals and Buddhism are mutually interdependent; as Spiro put it, ‘death ceremonies are the primary concern of Buddhism’ (1970, 248), and this is especially the case in Chinese contexts. In fact, numerous studies have explored Buddhist funeral or Chinese death rituals; however, present-day Chinese Burmese’s Buddhist death rituals have come under much less scrutiny. Against this backdrop, this paper discusses two issues.
Firstly, the mixing of customs and rites of funerals practiced in Chinese Buddhist monasteries with funeral practices of Chinese folk religion within current Burmese contexts. Examples of the latter include the ritual of breaking the hell, crossing the bridge, and the burning of paper houses. These rituals were all to some extent included into the format of Buddhist death…