日常丑闻:泰国媒体对佛教寺院的规范

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Brooke Schedneck
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虽然寺院财政挪用和性行为不端指控是泰国媒体报道中最频繁和最令人发指的寺院丑闻,但本文讨论的是我称之为“日常丑闻”的另一类丑闻。“这类丑闻描述的是僧侣身体上的违规行为,包括在寺庙外的不当行为和不可接受的身体展示。”对于泰国的佛教俗人来说,僧侣们去购物中心和在健身房锻炼的照片可能是他们的宗教衰落的迹象。一个适当的男性僧侣身体制定可接受的行为标志着僧侣生活与世俗生活的区别,确保功德和仪式表演的功效。寺院日常生活的规范是泰国媒体的一个丰富话题。因为佛教寺院机构与泰国民族国家是相互联系的,所以男性僧侣团体是一个评价和批评的场所。这关系到泰国的民族传统和对泰国主要宗教——佛教的自豪感。除了当代泰国佛教的力量,日常的丑闻也揭示了对寺院行为的衰落和焦虑的话语的连续性,这始于最早的佛教社区。佛教衰落的威胁是佛教文献和佛教历史中关于公共场合寺院行为的持续争论的一部分。
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Everyday Scandals: Regulating the Buddhist Monastic Body in Thai Media
Abstract Although allegations of monastic financial embezzlement and sexual misconduct are the most frequent and outrageous monastic scandals reported in Thailand's media outlets, this article discusses a separate category of scandal I label ‘everyday scandals.’ This type of scandal describes the phenomenon of monks committing bodily transgressions, including inappropriate behaviours outside the temple and unacceptable presentations of the body. For Thai Buddhist laity, photos of monks taking trips to the mall and working out at a gym can be indicators that their religion is in decline. A proper male monastic body enacting acceptable behaviour signals the difference of the monastic life from the lay life, ensuring the efficacy of merit and ritual performance. The regulation of everyday monastic life is a fertile topic in Thai media. Because the Buddhist monastic institution is interconnected with the Thai nation-state, the male monastic body is a site of evaluation and critique. At stake is national Thai heritage and pride in Thailand's majority religion: Buddhism. Besides the strength of contemporary Thai Buddhism, everyday scandals also reveal continuity in the discourse of decline and anxiety over monastic behaviour, which began with the earliest Buddhist communities. The threat of Buddhism's decline is part of a continuum of debates within monastic texts and Buddhist history regarding proper monastic behaviours in public.
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期刊介绍: TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place that is defined by its diverse and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place that challenges scholars to move beyond conventional ideas of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites studies of broadly defined trans-national, trans-regional and comparative perspectives. Case studies spanning more than two countries of Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries/regions are particularly welcomed.
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