Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture

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dc.contributor.authorFogelin, Lars
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-04T19:51:25Z
dc.date.available2010-08-04T19:51:25Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThe physical organization and layout of Buddhist reliquary mounds, stupas, provides a window into the forms of ritual practiced by Buddhists in the first few centuries B.C. through the end of the second century A.D. Specifically, the manner in which stupas were architecturally presented informs upon the differences in ritual presentation by the clergy and the laity. Attempts by the Buddhist clergy to direct worship and establish a privileged position in regard to the Buddha were resisted by the laity; in contrast, the laity attempted to preserve the egalitarian aspects of Buddhism. Traces of the laity's resistance can be identified in the architectural layouts of ritual spaces of the early Buddhists. The organization of ritual within stupa complexes also illustrates the methods used by early Buddhists to foster group cohesion within a highly individualistic religious tradition. KEYWORDS: Buddhism, ritual, architecture, presentation, stupas.
dc.identifier.citationFogelin, L. 2003. Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture. Asian Perspectives 42 (1): 129-54.
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/17183
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 42
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectritual
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectpresentation
dc.subjectstupas
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleRitual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture
dc.typeArticle
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