{"product_id":"the-life-of-buddhism-9780520223370","title":"The Life of Buddhism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE TO THE READER\u003cbr\u003e GENERAL INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 1: TEMPLES, SACRED OBJECTS, AND ASSOCIATED RITUALS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A View of Temple Life and Practice,”\u003cbr\u003e James Bissett Pratt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2\u003cbr\u003e Image Consecrations (Thailand)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Creating and Disseminating the Sacred,”\u003cbr\u003e Donald K. Swearer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3\u003cbr\u003e State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A Tooth Relic and the Legitimation of Power,”\u003cbr\u003e Juliane Schober\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4\u003cbr\u003e Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Bun Phraawes,” S. J. Tambiah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II: MONASTIC PRACTICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5\u003cbr\u003e The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Ordination in the Chogye Order,”\u003cbr\u003e Robert E. Buswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6\u003cbr\u003e Female Renunciants (Myanma[r]\/Burma)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Theravadin Religious Women,” Hiroko Kawanami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7\u003cbr\u003e Meditation (Japan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A Morning Star Meditation,” Taiko Yamasaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8\u003cbr\u003e The Monastic Quest: A Biographical\u003cbr\u003e Example (Tibet)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Biography of a Nun,” Hanna Havnevik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9\u003cbr\u003e Monastic Funerals (Thailand)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Cremation of a Senior Monk,”\u003cbr\u003e Charles F. Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III: LAY PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10\u003cbr\u003e Lay Identity and Participation (China)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Lay Praxis in a Mahayana Context,”\u003cbr\u003e Holmes Welch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11\u003cbr\u003e Cosmology and Law (Tibet)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Buddhist Secular Law: Doctrines in Context,”\u003cbr\u003e Rebecca Redwood French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12\u003cbr\u003e Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Yaktovil: The Role of the Buddha and\u003cbr\u003e Dhamma,” Jason A. Carbine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13\u003cbr\u003e Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A New Theravadin Liturgy,” Richard Gombrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14\u003cbr\u003e Death and Beyond (Japan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Memorializing One’s Mizuko,”\u003cbr\u003e William R. LaFleur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART IV: BUDDHISM IN THE WEST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15\u003cbr\u003e An American Example\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Transmitting the Dharma,” Philip Kapleau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e CONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003e INDEX","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402811449687,"sku":"9780520223370","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520223370.jpg?v=1730481576","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-of-buddhism-9780520223370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}