03190oam 2200625 a 450 991077847900332120231218171323.00-295-98922-X(CKB)1000000000793454(EBL)3444231(SSID)ssj0000279782(PQKBManifestationID)11912391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279782(PQKBWorkID)10268519(PQKB)11655195(OCoLC)471133694(MdBmJHUP)muse21243(Au-PeEL)EBL3444231(CaPaEBR)ebr10276717(CaONFJC)MIL810626(MiAaPQ)EBC3444231(EXLCZ)99100000000079345420080211d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGathering leaves & lifting words histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand /Justin Thomas McDanielSeattle University of Washington Pressc20081 online resource (xiii, 358 pages, [16] pages of plates )Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies0-295-98848-7 0-295-98849-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-345) and index.""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""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.Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.BuddhismStudy and teachingLaosHistoryBuddhismStudy and teachingThailandHistoryBuddhist monksEducationLaosHistoryBuddhist monksEducationThailandHistoryBuddhismStudy and teachingHistory.BuddhismStudy and teachingHistory.Buddhist monksEducationHistory.Buddhist monksEducationHistory.294.3/7509593McDaniel Justin1025788MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778479003321Gathering leaves & lifting words3859725UNINA