Making Merit, Making Waste: Buddhist Offerings and Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Thailand
This article examines the environmental impact of popular offerings to Buddhist monks in contemporary Thailand. The two most common types of offerings to monks, morning food donations (pindapata) and monastic gift sets (sanghadāna), are analyzed from the perspective of environmental sustainability....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2025, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-17 |
| Further subjects: | B
food offerings
B Thai Buddhism B Environmental Sustainability B pindapata B Theravada monks B plastic waste B sanghadāna |
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