Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Publication Source
Asian Music
Abstract
Burmese Theravada Buddhist monks have varying degrees of involvement with music; this study of 22 monks from across Burma/Myanmar reveals that most of them often listen to recorded music. At the same time the monks acknowledge that Buddhism’s Seventh Precept is (or ought to be) a guide for their behavior, agreeing that to be “attached” to music is to violate their monastic rule. They therefore experience cognitive dissonance, and they respond to this dissonance in predictable ways - that is, in ways documented by researchers working with Western populations. They differ, however, in their phenomenological experiences of attachment.
ISBN/ISSN
0044-9202
Document Version
Postprint
Copyright
Copyright © 2022, University of Texas Press
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Volume
53
Issue
1
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
MacLachlan, Heather, "Burmese Buddhist Monks, The Seventh Precept, and Cognitive Dissonance" (2022). Music Faculty Publications. 25.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mus_fac_pub/25
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Music Education Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Therapy Commons
Comments
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