Living with the Vinaya An Ethnography of Monasticism in Myanmar
Living with the Vinaya: An Ethnography of Monasticism in Myanmar

Around the first century BCE, Buddhist monks formed monasteries and established relationships with kings and lay people. The rules monks live by, the Vinaya, are a pivotal source of meaning for them and their dealings with society and form the basis of multiple monasticisms across geographical regio...

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1. Verfasser: Kuramoto, Ryosuke (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary Buddhism
Schlagworte:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Buddhism > Burma > Discipline
Buddhist monasteries > Burma
Buddhist monks > Burma
Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Zusammenfassung:Around the first century BCE, Buddhist monks formed monasteries and established relationships with kings and lay people. The rules monks live by, the Vinaya, are a pivotal source of meaning for them and their dealings with society and form the basis of multiple monasticisms across geographical regions and throughout history. The ways in which the Vinaya is understood and practiced, therefore, must take into account the kind of monasticism that emerges from it. In Living with the Vinaya, Ryosuke Kuramoto examines the process of creating monasticism in contemporary Myanmar by focusing on how monks acquire, possess, and consume material goods.To live as a monk means to obtain resources from society and to own and use these according to monastic rules. Over the centuries, as monks interacted more with the world beyond the monastery, the question of what a monk "should be" became a concern for not only monks, but also government authorities and lay people. How monks interpreted and observed the Vinaya became a question of legitimacy and power. Kuramoto's ethnographic analysis reveals the constant (re)creation of monasticism in Myanmar resulting from the interactions between monks and these groups in response to this question. He identifies some of the key mechanisms by which monasticism and broader Buddhist institutions are created and transformed and concludes that monastic governance is inseparable from the Buddhist state and the society that surrounds it
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Dec 2024)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (226 Seiten) 9 b&w illustrations
ISBN:9780824899400
DOI:10.1515/9780824899400

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