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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778479003321

Autore

McDaniel Justin

Titolo

Gathering leaves & lifting words : histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand / / Justin Thomas McDaniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2008

ISBN

0-295-98922-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages, [16] pages of plates )

Collana

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

Disciplina

294.3/7509593

Soggetti

Buddhism - Study and teaching - Laos - History

Buddhism - Study and teaching - Thailand - History

Buddhist monks - Education - Laos - History

Buddhist monks - Education - Thailand - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transcription""; ""Introduction""; ""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""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Note on Manuscripts, Archives, Monastic Libraries, and Catalogs""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 goals and values.