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200 10$aBuddhist precept and practice $etraditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon /$fRichard F. Gombrich
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cKegan Paul International ;$aNew York $cDistributed by Columbia University Press$d1995
215   $a1 online resource (439 p.)
300   $aOriginally publlshed: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1971.
311   $a1-138-98799-9 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [406]-413) and index.
327   $aFront Cover; Buddhist Precept and Practice; Copyright Page; Abbreviations; Pronunciation; Contents; Introduction: Aims and Scope of this Book; I. The Problem: Religious Change; II. Why Ceylon?; III. The History, Geography and Economy of Ceylon; IV. Field-work and Presentation; 1. Sinhalese Buddhism-Orthodox or Syncretistic?; 2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism; 3. The Buddha; I. The Buddha's Biography; II. The Buddha as Worshipped: Man or God?; 4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mi?gala; I. Causation; II. The Contents of the Universe; III. Attempts to Influence non-human Beings
327   $aIV. Summary5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice; 6. The Ethics of Intention; 7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism; 8. Caste in the Monastery; 9. Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
330   $aFirst published in 1971, this is an empirical study of religion - particularly religious change. In it, Gombrich explores all aspects of religious change in belief and practice in Ceylon, not only in modern times but over the two and a half millennia during which Buddhism has flourished.
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