Religions can provide grounds for other NGOs’ sanctity and legitimacy and soothe believers’ mind. Religious organizations need to absorb certain material wealth so that they can better fulfill their social functions, including the provision of religious products to meet believers’ spiritual needs. As Tian Rukang said, “Through additional input on religious life, believers not only receive common religious blessings, but also gain higher reputations in the religious realm and even in the wider society.” In history, a small number of religious activities indeed excessively consumed social wealth and were even unaffordable to social members, but would ultimately be restrained under the influence of other societal factors.

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Changes in the Temple Economy in Xishuangbanna: A Case Study of Jingzhen General Buddhist Temple in Mengzhe Town of Xishuangbanna Prefecture

  • Liming Zhang

摘要

Religions can provide grounds for other NGOs’ sanctity and legitimacy and soothe believers’ mind. Religious organizations need to absorb certain material wealth so that they can better fulfill their social functions, including the provision of religious products to meet believers’ spiritual needs. As Tian Rukang said, “Through additional input on religious life, believers not only receive common religious blessings, but also gain higher reputations in the religious realm and even in the wider society.” In history, a small number of religious activities indeed excessively consumed social wealth and were even unaffordable to social members, but would ultimately be restrained under the influence of other societal factors.