Buddhism in the Life of Ulaanbaatar: Nucleus, Trace and Bustling Urbanite
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Buddhism in the Life of Ulaanbaatar : Nucleus, Trace and Bustling Urbanite. / Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle.
I: Religion and Urbanity Online, 2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Buddhism in the Life of Ulaanbaatar
T2 - Nucleus, Trace and Bustling Urbanite
AU - Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article explores the interactions between Buddhist institutions and the changing physicality of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, over the last one hundred years. Whilst Buddhism was key to the foundation of the city, in the present day period it has become increasingly obscured by the instantiations of capitalism in what has become a busy and congested city. Once central metonymically and physically, Buddhist temples are now crowded in the urban sphere, creating logistical difficulties for the for training and retaining of Buddhist religious specialists. Due to the physical constraints within the city, Buddhist lamas are generally unable to live on temple grounds. They, like other urbanites, live as other people do, paying for their own food, accommodation and other daily needs. This paper pays attention to how urban developments within the city have contributed to the continued blurring of boundaries between religious specialists and the laity, examining how the challenges for contemporary Buddhist institutions reflect, and are reflected, in the changing capital.
AB - This article explores the interactions between Buddhist institutions and the changing physicality of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, over the last one hundred years. Whilst Buddhism was key to the foundation of the city, in the present day period it has become increasingly obscured by the instantiations of capitalism in what has become a busy and congested city. Once central metonymically and physically, Buddhist temples are now crowded in the urban sphere, creating logistical difficulties for the for training and retaining of Buddhist religious specialists. Due to the physical constraints within the city, Buddhist lamas are generally unable to live on temple grounds. They, like other urbanites, live as other people do, paying for their own food, accommodation and other daily needs. This paper pays attention to how urban developments within the city have contributed to the continued blurring of boundaries between religious specialists and the laity, examining how the challenges for contemporary Buddhist institutions reflect, and are reflected, in the changing capital.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Mongolian Buddhism
KW - socialism
KW - capitalism
KW - urban space
KW - fiscal imperatives
KW - Ulaanbaatar
U2 - 10.1515/urbrel.15318468
DO - 10.1515/urbrel.15318468
M3 - Journal article
JO - Religion and Urbanity Online
JF - Religion and Urbanity Online
ER -
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