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Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based.

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    A Paperback / softback by H. L. Seneviratne

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/04/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226748665, 978-0226748665
      ISBN10: 0226748669
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      History of religion Religion and beliefs Religious communities and monasticism

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based.

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