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Simulating Religious Rituals in Second Life: Exploring Buddhist Practices Virtually

This article discusses the innovative use of Second Life to simulate Buddhist rituals through virtual role-playing. By creating an entire Buddhist monastery in a digital environment, students can experience 'temporary monastic ordination' and engage in rituals that reflect the social processes of Buddhism. The immersion fosters an understanding of Buddhist teachings while allowing participants to explore themes of renunciation, community, and suffering. This approach also highlights the challenges and skills required for building immersive experiences online.

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Simulating Religious Rituals in Second Life: Exploring Buddhist Practices Virtually

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  1. Masks and Millstones • Simulating religious rituals in Second Life

  2. The Problem • DR2535, Encountering Buddhism • rituals • social processes and groups • We read about ‘temporary monastic ordination‘ — but what’s it like?

  3. A Strategy • What if we extended the idea of role-playing in class by creating an entire Buddhist monastery in a virtual world? CLT Research <-> Teaching grants.

  4. Why Second Life? • Millions of users: virtual societies • Free to use • Viewer on all three platforms • Large educator community Teaching

  5. Why Second Life? • Obsessed with appearance • Lonely • Highly commodified • Close fit with Buddhist description of suffering • Would Buddhist rituals be possible? Research

  6. The plan Orientation • Immersion • Renunciation • Group activity • Giving back robes • Review

  7. And So I Began toBuild

  8. Masks • Immersion in Second Life • is as ordinary as immersion • in reading a novel. • For some students, drawing • a line between the avatar and • themselves made becoming a • Buddhist monk acceptable.

  9. Millstones • Building for immersion requires multiple skills in depth and a fat toolbox. • Scheduled blocks of time online are essential.

  10. Thanks • Phil Marston and CLT. • Derek Logan and Paolo Marioni in DIT • The 2009 pravrajika group in Emptiness Hall

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