Constituting communities: Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany State University of New York Press 2003
Series:SUNY series in Buddhist studies
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard -- 1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History / Jonathan S. Walters -- 2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship : The Legend of Asandhimitta / John S. Strong -- 3. Beggars Can Be Choosers : Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings / Liz Wilson -- 4. The Insight Guide to Hell : Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology / Julie Gifford -- 5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu / Jacob N. Kinnard -- 6. Minister of Defense : The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt -- 7. Localizing Lineage : Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia / Anne M. Blackburn -- 8. Preacher as Poet : Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand / Mahinda Deegalle -- 9. "For Those Who Are Ignorant" : A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla / Carol S. Anderson -- 10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha / James R. Egge
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 224 pages)
ISBN:141753124X
9781417531240

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