Death and Rites among Contemporary Lay Buddhists
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Death and Rites among Contemporary Lay Buddhists
Original language description
The aim of my paper is to introduce ritualistic aspects of contemporary Korean Buddhism. I am convinced that rituals are the most important characteristic of Korean Buddhism in relation to lay believers. Lay participation on ritual is a necessary elementof today's Korean Buddhism. There are several sets of rituals centered on various aspects of either Buddhist doctrine or Buddhist mythology projected on time. Hence we have sets of rituals or daily, monthly or annual basis or rituals conducted ad hoc. In my paper and presentation I shall focus on rituals related on death, both regular and random. I intend to describe the role of death in these rituals, namely what rituals are in contemporary Buddhism and how they transform the experience of death in one's life and what methods and doctrinal framework they use. Korean Buddhist rituals of death absorbed virtually all significant death-related elements that have developed both inside and outside the Buddhist tradition. As all Korean Buddh
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LK21301" target="_blank" >LK21301: Sources and Changes of the Buddhist Funeral Ritual</a><br>
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů