"The suppression of Buddhist notions of transmigration between
human and other life-forms, and its notion that human beings can attain divine Buddhahood, paved the way for the massive efforts to conquer nature"
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human and other life-forms, and its notion that human beings can attain divine Buddhahood, paved the way for the massive efforts to conquer nature"
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"The removal of gods and ancestors who had sacralized local communities and territories facilitated the new identification with a massive new and abstract nation-state"
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-Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China - Book by Mayfair Mei-hui Yang (This part available for free reading on Google books)
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This process is underway in India too. Hindus need to exercise caution.
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