... Power of sorcerers 103 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local reli... ... of morality that existed in the Christian villages of the past or in the Buddhist communities of this book. Never has so much information and resear... ...xisting state, but to a future that is within sight. I have often used the philosophical term Umwelt to describe the environment of human communities.... ...s - housewarming parties Local identity - local language (dialect) - local concepts, cognitions and categories Folklore supporting community - localiz... ...l world of experiences and symbols Universal man - world language - global concepts and categories - universal utopias of the future Representations o... ...the other hand swidden cultures, as well as modern thinking, share similar philosophical structures on opposite sides of the globe. From 1973 for almo... ... before, but today one cannot say that, and such dishonesty is contrary to Buddhist morality. Improvements in the roads and in villagers' community sp... ...ce Research Institute or IRRI, which directed improvement of rice, and the concepts of ’wonder rice’ and the ’green revolution’ it marketed have from...