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"An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested in the Theravada homelands since the work's publication in 1995. Expanded and updated, the second edition offers this wide-ranging account for readers at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swearer, Donald K., 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:SUNY series in religious studies.
Temas:
Buddhism > Social aspects > Southeast Asia.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Buddhism > Social aspects
Southeast Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. : The popular tradition. Ideal action ; Ritual occasions, merit, and the appropiation of power ; Festivals ; Rites of passage
  • pt. 2. Buddhism and the State. Asoka, the exemplary Buddhist ruler ; kings and cosmology ; the Cosmological Scheme of the Three Worlds ; the Buddha as cosmocrator ; Modern nationalism and Buddhism
  • pt. 3. Buddhism and Modernization. The changing role of the monk ; Reforming the Tradition ; the changing role of the laity ; Women and Buddhism ; Buddhism and the West
  • postscript
  • Appendix 1: Sigālaka Sutta : Code of lay ethics
  • Appendix 2. Borobudur.

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