Buddhism and Resilience in Post-tsunami Thailand

This article focuses on Buddhism and resilience in the recovery process following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand. It is based on an anthropological study and deals with how the disaster was handled on a local level and gives examples of Buddhist practices and counselling. The article emph...

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Published in:Journal of global buddhism
Main Author: Falk, Monica Lindberg (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Journal of global buddhism
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thailand / Tsunami / Survivor / Buddhism / Monk / Nun / Aid / Resilience (Personality trait)
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Anthropology
B Disaster
B Gender
B Thailand
B Resilience
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC 4.0
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Summary:This article focuses on Buddhism and resilience in the recovery process following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand. It is based on an anthropological study and deals with how the disaster was handled on a local level and gives examples of Buddhist practices and counselling. The article emphasizes Thai Buddhist monks’ and nuns’ interactions with the survivors and Buddhism’s capacity to strengthen resilience building. It highlights the role of Buddhist temples in providing aid and taking care of survivors in the wake of the disaster, including the indispensable function of Buddhist monks to conduct funerals and other ceremonies, and their vital responsibility for helping the survivors overcome their suffering. The article also shows how the Thai sangha ’s institutional gendered structure negatively affected Thai nuns’ potential to help out after the disaster.
ISSN:1527-6457
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727600