Question

How have some buddhist monks adapted rituals in order to make activist statements? why is this activism justified to those involved but controversial to others?

Answer 1

Communal recitation of sutras refers to the activity when the Buddhists sit together and recite what's written on the sutra.

The philosophy behind this ritual is to make the chants become conduit and  spread the teaching through the world . They responsible for the preservation and dissemination of the Buddha's teaching and the guidance of Buddhist lay people.To those involved in these rituals , it is totally justified because it is their land that is being threatened , and everything they know is being cut down .

For many decades, histories of Buddhism under colonialism generally subscribed to a singular narrative in which colonial forces leveled such monumental changes that almost all forms of modern Buddhism were seen as derivative of ideologies introduced by Western colonial regimes.

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