The New Face of Buddha
Author: Jerrold L. Schecter
Publisher: New York : Coward-McCann
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 336
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Author: Jerrold L. Schecter
Publisher: New York : Coward-McCann
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 336
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Published: 1967
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ian Harris
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-06-11
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 1134129467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWeber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist kingship is also well-attested. However, there has been little scholarly effort to integrate findings on the extent to which Buddhism interacted with the political order in the classical and modern states of Theravada Asia into a wider, comparative study. This volume brings together the brightest minds in the study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Their contributions create a more coherent account of the relations between Buddhism and political order in the late pre-modern and modern period by questioning the contested relationship between monastic and secular power. In doing so, they expand the very nature of what is known as the 'Theravada'. Buddhism, Power and Political Order offers new insights for scholars of Buddhism, and it will stimulate new debates.
Author: Richard Abbott Gard
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter A. Jackson
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 981303520X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fundamental premise of this study is that the Buddhist sangha and Buddhist teachings play a key symbolic role in legitimating the exercise of secular power in Thailand. The author argues that a clear appreciation of the political legitimatory function of Buddhism provides the key to understanding the major theoretical and administrative changes that have taken place within Thai Buddhism in this century.
Author: Donald K. Swearer
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1438432526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested in the Theravada homelands since the work's publication in 1995. Expanded and updated, the second edition offers this wide ranging account for readers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Swearer shows Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia to be a dynamic, complex system of thought and practice embedded in the cultures, societies, and histories of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The work focuses on three distinct yet interrelated aspects of this milieu. The first is the popular tradition of life models personified in myths and legends, rites of passage, festival celebrations, and ritual occasions. The second deals with Buddhism and the state, illustrating how King Asoka serves as the paradigmatic Buddhist monarch, discussing the relationship of cosmology and kingship, and detailing the rise of charismatic Buddhist political leaders in the postcolonial period. The third is the modern transformation of Buddhism: the changing roles of monks and laity, modern reform movements, the role of women, and Buddhism in the West.
Author: Jerrold Schecter
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hiroko Kawanami
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-29
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1137574003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines the impact of Buddhism on the political process of Asian countries in recent times. The intersection between Buddhism and politics; religious authority and political power is explored through the engagement of Buddhist monks and lay activists in the process of nation-building, development, and implementation of democracy.
Author: Ian Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1441167714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study, a team of international scholars assess the manner in which Buddhist organizations and individuals have resisted, come to terms with, or in some cases allied themselves with the forces of war, modernity, westernization, nationalization, capitalism, communism, and ethnic conflict. By examining issues such as left-right divisions in the monastic order, the rise of organized lay movements, Buddhist social activism, as well as explicitly Buddhist inspired political activity, this book seeks to demonstrate that the emphasis on meditation and mental training is only one strand in this richly complex world historical tradition.
Author: Somboon Suksamran
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 188
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