RT Article
T1 Phantasmagorical Buddhism: Dreams and Imagination in the Creation of Burmese Sacred Space
JF Religions
VO 9
IS 12
SP 1
OP 14
A1 Patton, Thomas Nathan
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1587252945
AB Despite the growing research done on sacred spaces in Buddhist Myanmar, no attention has yet been given to the role dreams play in the selection and development of such spaces. This article will address this lacuna by exploring how dreams are regarded by 20th-21st centuries Buddhists in Myanmar, as evidenced in autobiographies, ethnographic work, and popular literature in relation to the creation and evolution of sacred places. Although there are many kinds of sacred sites in Myanmar, this article will look specifically at Buddhist stupas, commonly referred to in Burmese as, pagoda or zedi. These pagodas, found in nearly every part of Buddhist Myanmar, are also those structures most prevalent in Buddhist dream accounts and often take on phantasmagorical qualities when those same Buddhists attempt to recreate the pagodas of their dreams.
K1 Buddhism
K1 Burma
K1 Myanmar
K1 Theravada
K1 Dreams
K1 Material Religion
K1 pagoda
K1 Sacred Space
K1 weizzā/weikza
K1 wizard
DO 10.3390/rel9120414