Making Merit, Making Waste: Buddhist Offerings and Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Thailand

This article examines the environmental impact of popular offerings to Buddhist monks in contemporary Thailand. The two most common types of offerings to monks, morning food donations (pindapata) and monastic gift sets (sanghadāna), are analyzed from the perspective of environmental sustainability....

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Auteurs: Johnston, John (Auteur) ; Phayakhrut, Chaiyaporn (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2025
Dans: Journal of global buddhism
Année: 2025, Volume: 26, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-17
Sujets non-standardisés:B food offerings
B Thai Buddhism
B Environmental Sustainability
B pindapata
B Theravada monks
B plastic waste
B sanghadāna
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