Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Author: |
SwearerDonald K., 1934- |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Albany |
Published: |
State University of New York Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Edition: |
2nd ed. |
Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 304 p.)ill. : |
Series: |
SUNY series in religious studies |
Subject: |
Buddhism - Social aspects - Southeast Asia - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438432526/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-286) and index |
ISBN: |
9781438432526electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
1438432526electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9781438432519hbk. |
ISBN: |
1438432518hbk. |
ISBN: |
9781438432502pbk. |
ISBN: |
143843250Xpbk. |
Content Note: |
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 ; kingsand 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 themonk ; Reforming the Tradition ; the changing role of the laity ; Women and Buddhism ; Buddhism andthe West -- postscript -- Appendix 1: Sigalaka Sutta : Code of lay ethics -- Appendix 2. Borobudur |