Temple in the World: Buddhism in Contemporary South and Southeast Asia

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How do Buddhists live out their philosophies and ethics? What are the spaces of ritual, devotion, meditation, education, and politics? How do Buddhist practices and affiliations satisfy aesthetic and emotional needs and build social networks? Working with textual and visual materials, including video clips and longer films, this course explores the unfolding of Buddhist life in 20th- and 21st-century South and Southeast Asia, in locations such as Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. (ASIAN-RL)