Theravada traditions : Buddhist ritual cultures in contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka /
This is a study of very popular ritual celebrations observed by Buddhist monks and laity in each of the predominantly Theravada Buddhist cultures in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.) The theoretical approach deployed guides the reader through the distinctiveness of...
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| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press : University of Hawaii Press
2017.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvvmxzd |
Table of Contents:
- Phra Bang : venerating the Buddha image in Lao religious culture
- Asala Perahara : powers of the Buddha's tooth-relic in Sri Lanka
- Upasampada and pabbajja : ordination in Thai Buddhist contexts
- Kathina : making merit in modern Myanmar (Burma)
- Pchum Ben : caring for the dead ritually in Cambodia
- Appendixes. 1. The Dalada sirita ; 2. Randoli Perahara ; 3. Wat Phnom ; 4. The Feast of the Offering to the Dead.