Buddhist Approaches to Cultural Ecology: A Case Study of Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple

Ven. Ti Ting

Abstract


Relatively speaking, cultural ecology in the Buddhist circle is
a new area of study. This article, taking Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple
(JBT) as a case, delineates the cultural changes in JBT through three
areas: 1) JBT adapts to the socialist society; 2) JBT devotes to community
services, and 3) JBT cares about the living planet. Through the
analysis of these areas, it is found that Buddhists’ practices and works in JBT
have been greatly changed under the background of modern society, and
temple in metropolis. In the view of cultural ecology study, this “change”
or “adaptation” as some researchers called, demonstrates the cultural
process that Buddhism is being reproduced within the given environment
of Shanghai regional culture.
Keywords: Buddhism, Jade Buddha Temple, culture, cultural ecology,
adaptation


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