{"id":1241,"date":"2023-10-20T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2025-05-21T06:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:28:28","slug":"mindfulness-for-children-a-comparative-studyof-boy-novices-in-buddhist-temples-in-vietnamand-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/mindfulness-for-children-a-comparative-studyof-boy-novices-in-buddhist-temples-in-vietnamand-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness for Children? A Comparative Studyof Boy Novices in Buddhist Temples in Vietnamand Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hang Thanh Pham1 Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam<br \/>Chi Phuong Tran2 Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam<br \/>Ronald A. Pernia3* University of the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines rpernia21@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Pernia-Asia-Pacific-Social-Science-Review-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1242\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7709090909090909;width:309px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract: This study aims to examine the lived experience of boy novices in two Buddhist temples in Vietnam and Thailand.<br \/>Lodged within the overarching framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and<br \/>taking into account the impact on children\u2019s overall well-being, this study uses phenomenological qualitative research<br \/>design to bring about the narratives of young boys in such religious sites. Primarily, this study looks at the (a) reasons for<br \/>entering the temples, (b) the issues and concerns that each boy encountered while on the temple premises, and (c) how they<br \/>overcame the daily demands of monastic life while studying and being a child. Methodologically, this study conducts in-depth<br \/>personal interviews and ethnographic accounts of the young novices and senior monks in both countries\u2019 popular temples,<br \/>that is, the Thai Wats &#8211; Theravada temple (in Pathum-Thani province) and the Vietnamese Ch\u00f9a- Mahayana temple (in Hue<br \/>city). The findings suggest that the boy novice tradition in both countries exemplified several defining features and salient<br \/>provisions affirming the general principles enshrined in the UN convention on the rights of children. Consequently, this<br \/>study found out that the monastic life that the children have led allowed them to gain a mental mechanism that can regulate<br \/>their emotional response to an otherwise \u201cstressful\u201d circumstance. Ultimately, it highlights the continuing prominence of<br \/>religion in contemporary Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: boy novices, Buddhism, human rights, mindfulness, Thailand, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Vietnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link to the Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.dlsu.edu.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/research\/journals\/apssr\/2022-december-vol22-4\/ra-3.pdf\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hang Thanh Pham1 Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ho Chi Minh, VietnamChi Phuong Tran2 Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ho Chi Minh, VietnamRonald A. Pernia3* University of the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines rpernia21@gmail.com Abstract: This study aims to examine the lived experience of boy novices in two Buddhist temples in Vietnam and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}