Cuerpo, espacio y ritual: Una etnografía de la meditación vipassana en Argentina
This article presents an ethnographic analysis of the practice of Vipassana meditation in Argentina, framed within the tradition of Theravāda Buddhism. The research is based on fieldwork conducted at the Dhamma Sukhada meditation center, located in the town of Brandsen, Buenos Aires Province. This c...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositório: | PUCP-Institucional |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/205221 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/31174/28390 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14657/205221 https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202502.009 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Ethnography Buddhism Vipassana meditation Modernity Contemporary spiritualities Etnografía Budismo Meditación vipassana Modernidad Espiritualidades contemporáneas https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.04.03 |
| Resumo: | This article presents an ethnographic analysis of the practice of Vipassana meditation in Argentina, framed within the tradition of Theravāda Buddhism. The research is based on fieldwork conducted at the Dhamma Sukhada meditation center, located in the town of Brandsen, Buenos Aires Province. This center is a branch of the international Buddhist organization Vipassana Meditation, founded by the Burmese teacher Satya Narayan Goenka (1924-2013). Through participant observation during a ten-day silent retreat, the study explores the ritualistic, performative, and experiential elements that shape this practice. The article also examines contemporary transformations in religiosity, subjectivity, and ritual within non-Asian contexts amid the global expansion of Vipassana meditation. It concludes that the retreat experience fosters specific forms of subjectivation situated at the intersection of non-hegemonic religiosities, contemporary spiritualities, and multiple modernities. |
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