Buddhist learning and textual practice in eighteenth-century Lankan monastic culture /

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Anne Blackburn explores the emergence of a predominant Buddhist monastic culture in eighteenth-century Sri Lanka, while asking larger questions about the place of monasticism and education in the creation of religious and national traditions. Her historical analysis of the Siyam Nikaya, a monastic o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackburn, Anne M., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.
Colección:Buddhisms.
Temas:
Tipiṭaka > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Tipiṭaka.
1700-1799
Buddhism > Sri Lanka > History > 18th century.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > Sri Lanka > History > 18th century.
Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques > Sri Lanka > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Buddhism.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.
Buddhismus.
Geschichte (1700-1800)
Sri Lanka.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter One: ""Destroying the Thick Darkness of Wrong Beliefs
  • Chapter Two: Contextualizing Monasticism
  • Chapter Three: Marks of Distinction
  • Chapter Four: ""They Were Scholars and Contemplatives
  • Chapter Five: ""He Benefited the World and the Sdsana
  • Chapter Six: Readers, Preachers, and Listeners
  • Chapter Seven: ""Let Us Serve Wisdom
  • Appendix A: Contents of the Monastic Handbook Attributed to Saranamkara
  • Appendix B: Level Four Subject Areas and Texts
  • Appendix C: Siyam Nikaya Temple Manuscript Collections
  • Appendix D: List of Manuscripts Brought from Siam in 1756
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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