Gathering leaves & lifting words : histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand /
Examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, this title traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
c2008.
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Colección: | Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education: 1. From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique
- 2. Wandering Librarians
- 3. Kings and Universities
- Part II. Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education: 4. Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations
- 5. The Culture of Translation
- 6. Canons and Curricula
- Part III. Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand: 7. From Manuscript to Television
- 8. Philosophical Embryology.