02516nam 2200577Ia 450 991082411200332120200520144314.01-4384-3252-61-4416-3618-8(CKB)2670000000016289(OCoLC)592756142(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573930(SSID)ssj0000335418(PQKBManifestationID)11229417(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335418(PQKBWorkID)10273418(PQKB)10342524(MiAaPQ)EBC3407069(MdBmJHUP)muse1709(DE-B1597)682136(DE-B1597)9781438432526(EXLCZ)99267000000001628920090923d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Buddhist world of Southeast Asia /Donald K. Swearer2nd ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20101 online resource (322 p.)SUNY series in religious studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-3251-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-286) and index.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 ; kings and 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 the monk ; Reforming the Tradition ; the changing role of the laity ; Women and Buddhism ; Buddhism and the West -- postscript -- Appendix 1: Sigālaka Sutta : Code of lay ethics -- Appendix 2. Borobudur.A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.SUNY series in religious studies.BuddhismSocial aspectsSoutheast AsiaSoutheast AsiaReligious life and customsBuddhismSocial aspects294.3/370959Swearer Donald K.1934-1682391MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824112003321The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia4194584UNINA