The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia / / Donald K. Swearer

• Autore: Swearer Donald K. <1934->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/370959
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism - Social aspects - Southeast Asia
• Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia Religious life and customs
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia
• ISBN: 1-4384-3252-6; 1-4416-3618-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824112003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in religious studies.