{"product_id":"gathering-leaves-lifting-words-9780295988498","title":"Gathering Leaves  Lifting Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines modern and pre-modern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, this work traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book reads very fluidly as McDaniel writes in an unusually clear and straightforward manner. . . . The book will no doubt become essential reading for anyone studying the social history of Thailand and Laos or Theravada Buddhism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Daniel Veidlinger * History of Religions *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGathering Leaves and Lifting Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and often fascinating treatment of Buddhist monastic textual culture and bilingual commentary in the Siamese\/Thai\/Lao region, reflecting the author's long personal acquaintance with Lao\/Thai monastic institutions and educational practices.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * H-ASIA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With this book, McDaniel, a gifted textual scholar, has produced the first systemic study of how monks have been educated in Southeast Asia over the last five hundred years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Buddhadharma *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transcription\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education\u003cbr\u003e 1. From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique\u003cbr\u003e 2. Wandering Librarians\u003cbr\u003e 3. Kings and Universities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education\u003cbr\u003e 4. Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Culture of Translation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Canons and Curricula\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three | Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Manuscript to Television\u003cbr\u003e 8. Philosophical Embryology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Note on Manuscripts, Archives, Monastic Libraries, and Catalogs\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400917131607,"sku":"9780295988498","price":33.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295988498.jpg?v=1730471940","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gathering-leaves-lifting-words-9780295988498","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}