Buddhist rituals of death and rebirth: contemporary Sri Lankan practice and its origins
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
xi
Introduction
1
1
General
1
2
The fieldwork
6
I Death and dying
10
Contemporary Sri Lankan practice
10
The role of monks (questionnaire C.I)
10
The role oflay people (questionnaire C.I)
11
Excursus:
jívadãnaya
12
Commentary on the practice
14
The importance of the moment of death (questionnaire C.2
& 3) 14
When things go wrong: on
pretas
16
Excursus: pirit chanting in contemporary Sri Lanka
19
Some historical roots: time of death
23
The
Vedic
and brahmanical material
26
The
Pãli nikãyas
and some stories from the commentaries
35
The Abhidhamma interpretation
54
II The funeral
62
Contemporary Sri Lankan practice
62
A laywoman s burial
62
A monk s cremation
66
Excursus: treatment of the corpse and its disposal
69
Commentary to the practice
73
The general customs
75
Excursus: intermediate state (questionnaire B.
1-3) 82
Offering of the matakavastra
84
ix
CONTENTS
Some historical roots: handling the remains
88
The
Vedic
and brahmanical material
90
The
Pãli nikãyas
and some stories from the commentaries
99
Archaeological evidence
115
HI Post-funerary rites
125
Contemporary Sri Lankan practice
125
Bana
125
Seventh-day
matakadãnaya
129
Excursus: treatment of the remains
136
Two examples of later
matakadãnas
141
Excursus: other options (questionnaire D.
1-3) 143
Commentary to the practice
146
Food offerings
146
Giving of merit
156
Excursus:
anumodanãva
(questionnaire A.
1-3) 163
Some historical roots: giving of merit
165
The early stage: assigning merit
166
The later stage: giving merit
171
The Abhidhamma interpretation
177
Inscriptions
180
Proposed origins of the notion of giving of merit
182
Conclusions
186
Notes
190
Appendix: questionnaire (English and Sinhala)
213
Bibliography and abbreviations
215
General index
232
Index of cited passages, suttas and texts
241
BUDDHIST RITUALS
OF DEATH AND REBIRTH
In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept.
This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social
customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka. The author
describes the rituals of death and rebirth and analyses social issues of the
relationship between monks and lay people in this context. This aspect is
of particular interest as death rituals are the only life cycle ritual in which
Theravada Buddhist monks are actively involved. The author then embarks
upon an investigation of the ancient origins of these rituals. Drawing on early
Vedic
sutras and Pali texts, as well as archaeological and epigraphical mater¬
ial, this book establishes that Sri Lankan rituals are deeply rooted in their
pre-Buddhist,
Vedic
precursors. Whilst beliefs and doctrines have undergone
considerable changes over the centuries, it becomes evident that the under¬
lying practices have largely remained stable. As the first comprehensive study
of death rituals in Theravada Buddhist practice, this is an important con¬
tribution to the fields of Buddhist studies, indology, anthropology and reli¬
gious studies.
Rita Langer
is Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.
Focusing on Southeast Asia (Thailand and Laos), she is continuing her research
into Theravada death rituals as part of a larger AHRC funded project,
Buddhist Death Rituals of Southeast Asia and China .
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