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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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Religion and Society ; v. 50 |
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Religion and Society
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Figures and Tables; A Note on the Name Myanmar; Conventions for Transliterations, etc; Map of Myanmar; Introduction: From the Śākyamuni Buddha to the Shwegyin Tradition; The Setting of the Study; From Śākyamuni; ... To Monastic Organization and Practices; ... To the Shwegiyn; Vicissitudes of Modern Burmese Political History; Sources and Approach for Studying the Story; Chapter One: The Shwegyin Tradition and Its Traditionalism; Tradition: Invented and Reinvented; Shwegyin Tradition and Traditionalism |
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A Genre of Traditionalism: S?sana Histories and Monastic BiographiesHistories, Biographies, and the Ethics of Traditionalism; Buddhist Histories and Biographies in and beyond Myanmar; Case Study 1: The Abridged History and Aspects of Lineage; The Sīlānandābhivamṣa's Introduction: Supporting a Lineage; Panḍịta's Verse and Commentary: Types of Lineage; Panḍịta's Verse and Commentary: Dynamics of Kilesas and Sīla; Case Study 2: The Kyauntawya Sayadaw and Being a Son of the Buddha; Dreams: Signs of a Good Disciple-Son; A Son?s Lineage: The Role of the Vinaya and Higher Ordination |
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A Son and His PracticeSons of the Buddha: A Classic Conflict and a Shwegyin Solution; Traditions and the Past, Present, and Future; Chapter Two: Institutional Moorings; From Lineage to Nikāya; Monastic Groups in Myanmar: A Snapshot; Inclusion and Exclusion among Burmese Nikāya and Gaing; Records and Meetings of the Shwegyin Nikāya; The Meetings and the Texts; Relations with Classical Pali and Other Sources; The Hierarchy of Shwegyin Leaders and Administrators; Keeping Track of Shwegyin Membership; Discipline in the Shwegyin Nikaya; The Sāsana's Care Groups |
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The Work of Leaders and AdministratorsChapter Three: Classic Ritual Permutations; Militating against Sāsana Decline and Social Disruption; The Higher Ordination: Interpretive Issues; A Shwegyin Higher Ordination; Sīmā and Parisā: The Harmony and Unity of the Community; Vatthu: Eligibility to Live in the S?sana; Ñatti and Anussāvana: Verbal Concord with the Buddha; Post-Accomplishments: Explaining Life in the Sāsana; Records, Hierarchy, and Property; The Four Foundations; The Four Actions Not To Be Done; Taking Leave; Arahants in Training; Chapter Four: Existential Ruminations |
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Oceans, EverywhereThe Abhidhamma-pitạka and the Patṭḥāna; The Work of Abhidhamma Specialists; The Abhidhamma and Patṭḥāna in Contemporary Myanmar; The Buddha's Contemplation of Patṭḥāna; Nibbāna, Samṣāra, and Abhidhamma; Patṭḥāna Sermons: "Introduction"; Patṭḥāna Sermons; Faith in the Buddha the Arahant; The Place of the Patṭḥāna in the Quest for Arahantship; Comprehending the Patṭḥāna; Root Condition; Rapturous Joy and the Work of an Abhidhamma Specialist; Conclusion: Continuities and Ruptures; Burmese Religious Culture and Beyond; Other Implications for Theory and Method |
| Summary |
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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Buddhism |
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Burma |
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Monasticism |
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Myanmar |
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Religion |
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Shwegyin |
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Epilogue: A Comment on Continuity and Rupture, from Afar |
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Print version record |
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Shwegyin Nikāya
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| SUBJECT |
Shwegyin Nikāya fast |
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Burma -- History
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Burma
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Religion and sociology -- Burma
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RELIGION / Buddhism / History.
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
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Religion and sociology
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Burma
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110254105 |
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3110254107 |
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