LEADER 02954oam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910808212903321 005 20240405010306.0 010 $a0-89680-457-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000770943 035 $a(EBL)1756227 035 $a(OCoLC)885123660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000375536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000375536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489041 035 $a(PQKB)11278046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1756227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1756227 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000770943 100 $a20070726h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBurma's mass lay meditation movement $eBuddhism and the cultural construction of power /$fIngrid Jordt 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAthens :$cOhio University Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aOhio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ;$vno. 115 311 0 $a0-89680-255-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index 330 $aBurma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960's, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana? meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. 410 0$aResearch in international studies.$pSoutheast Asia series ;$vno. 115. 606 $aBuddhism and politics$zBurma 606 $aBuddhism$xSocial aspects$zBurma 606 $aBuddhist laymen$zBurma 606 $aHuman rights movements$zBurma 615 0$aBuddhism and politics 615 0$aBuddhism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBuddhist laymen 615 0$aHuman rights movements 676 $a294.309591 700 $aJordt$b Ingrid$01189670 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808212903321 996 $aBurma's mass lay meditation movement$93971095 997 $aUNINA