The Life of Buddhism

The 15 essays in this volume provides an ethnographic and historical perspective on the various ways Buddhism is lived and experienced throughout the world.

Note to the Reader

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General Introduction

1

(20)

PART I: TEMPLES, SACRED OBJECTS, AND ASSOCIATED RITUALS

21

(50)

Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan)

23

(12)

``A View of Temple Life and Practice,''

24

(11)

James Bissett Pratt

Image Consecrations (Thailand)

35

(10)

``Creating and Disseminating the Sacred,''

36

(9)

Donald K. Swearer

State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma)

45

(16)

``A Tooth Relic and the Legitimation of Power,''

46

(15)

Juliane Schober

Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand)

61

(10)

``Bun Phraawes,''

62

(9)

S. J. Tambiah

PART II: MONASTIC PRACTICES

71

(66)

The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea)

73

(12)

``Ordination in the Chogye Order,''

74

(11)

Robert E. Buswell

Female Renunciants (Myanma[r]/Burma)

85

(12)

``Theravadin Religious Women,''

86

(11)

Hiroko Kawanami

Meditation (Japan)

97

(12)

``A Morning Star Meditation,''

99

(10)

Taiko Yamasaki

The Monastic Quest: A Biographical Example (Tibet)

109

(14)

``The Biography of a Nun,''

110

(13)

Hanna Havnevik

Monastic Funerals (Thailand)

123

(14)

``The Cremation of a Senior Monk,''

124

(13)

Charles F. Keyes

PART III: LAY PRACTICES

137

(70)

Lay Identity and Participation (China)

139

(12)

``Lay Praxis in a Mahayana Context,''

140

(11)

Holmes Welch

Cosmology and Law (Tibet)

151

(10)

``Buddhist Secular Law: Doctrines in Context,''

152

(9)

Rebecca Redwood French

Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka)

161

(18)

``Yaktovil: The Role of the Buddha and Dhamma,''

162

(17)

Jason A. Carbine

Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka)

179

(16)

``A New Theravadin Liturgy,''

180

(15)

Richard Gombrich

Death and Beyond (Japan)

195

(12)

``Memorializing One's Mizuko,''

196

(11)

William R. LaFleur

PART IV: BUDDHISM IN THE WEST

207

(14)

An American Example

209

(12)

``Transmitting the Dharma,''

211

(10)

Philip Kapleau

Bibliography

221

(6)

Contributors

227

(2)

Index

229

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