Theravada Traditions : : Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka /

Theravada Traditions : : Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka / / John Clifford Holt.

Theravada Traditions offers a unique comparative approach to understanding Buddhism: it examines popular rituals of central importance in the predominantly Theravada Buddhist cultures of Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Instead of focusing on how religious ideas have impacted the id...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
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Holt, John Clifford,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.) :; 56 b&w illustrations, 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE Phra Bang
  • CHAPTER TWO Asala Perahara
  • CHAPTER THREE Upasampada and Pabbajja
  • CHAPTER FOUR Kathina
  • CHAPTER FIVE Pchum Ben
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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