Sons of the Buddha Continuities and Ruptures in a Burmese Monastic Tradition
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Jason A. Carbine
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Sons of the Buddha Continuities and Ruptures in a Burmese Monastic Tradition
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110254105
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CHF 171.50
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< >Intended as a contribution to the study of religion and society, this book examines Buddhist monasticism in Myanmar. The book focuses on the Shwegyin, one of the most important but least understood monastic groups in the country. It illuminates key aspects of monastic and wider Burmese Buddhist thought and practice, and ultimately argues for the distinctiveness of elements of that thought and practice in comparison to the Buddhist cultures of Sri Lanka and Laos.
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Jason A. Carbine
, Whittier College, CA, USA.
Acknowledgements
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Contents
10
Abbreviations
13
Figures and Tables
14
A Note on the Name Myanmar
15
Conventions for Transliterations, etc.
16
Map of Myanmar
18
Introduction: From the Sakyamuni Buddha to the Shwegyin Tradition
20
Chapter One: The Shwegyin Tradition and Its Traditionalism
51
Chapter Two: Institutional Moorings
92
Chapter Three: Classic Ritual Permutations
126
Chapter Four: Existential Ruminations
158
Conclusion: Continuities and Ruptures
188
Epilogue: A Comment on Continuity and Rupture, from Afar
207
Appendix A: Figures
213
Appendix B: Tables
218
Appendix C: Letter to Penang Sayadaw
238
Bibliography
242
Index of Authors
255
Index of Burmese Terms
258
Index of Pali and Sanskrit Terms
260
Index of Subjects
263
