Wolf Humanities Forum on Stuff, "The Stuff of Buddhist Leisure: Amusement Parks and Socially Dis-Engaged Buddhism in Asia"

Justin McDaniel
Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Penn

"The Stuff of Buddhist Leisure: Amusement Parks and Socially Dis-Engaged Buddhism in Asia"

How does the Buddhist doctrine of non-attachment work in the modern world? Penn Professor and Buddhist monk Justin McDaniel will describe the growth of a new leisure culture all across the Buddhist world, in Nepal, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Focusing on the rise of tourist attractions, memorial gardens and monuments, museums and cultural centers, and even amusement parks, McDaniel will show how these sites of leisure are altering the place of the individual within contemporary Buddhist culture.

Cosponsored by the Department of Religious Studies.

For more information, visit: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/stuff-buddhist-leisure-amusement-parks-and-socially-dis-engaged-buddhism-asia