Stanley J. Tambiah
The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets
Herausgeber: Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund
Stanley J. Tambiah
The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets
Herausgeber: Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund
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The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand.
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The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand.
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- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 432
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2007
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 697g
- ISBN-13: 9780521277877
- ISBN-10: 0521277876
- Artikelnr.: 23415007
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 432
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2007
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 697g
- ISBN-13: 9780521277877
- ISBN-10: 0521277876
- Artikelnr.: 23415007
1. Introduction
Part I. The arahant and the Path of Meditation: 2. The Buddhist conception of the arahant
3. The Path of Purification: the ascetic practices
4. The stages and rewards of Buddhist meditation
5. The forest-monk tradition in Southeast Asia: a historical backdrop
Part II. The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context
the politics of sectarianism: 6. The biography of a modern saint
7. The Buddha's life as paradigm
8. The ordering principles behind Buddhist saintly biography
9. The disciples of the Master
10. The biographer as exemplary forest-monk, meditator, and teacher
11. Sectarianism and the sponsorship of meditation
12. The Mandnikdi sect's propagation of lay meditation
13. The center-periphery dialectic: the Mahathat and Bovonniwet sponsorship of meditation compared
Part III. The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma: 14. The cult of images and amulets
15. An enumeration of historic and popular amulets
16. The 'likeness' of the image to the original Buddha: the case of the Shillala Buddha
17. The process of sacralizing images and amulets: the transfer of power by monks
18. Amulets blessed by contemporary forest saints
19. Saints on cosmic mountains
Part IV. Conceptual and theoretical clarifications: 20. A commentary on millennial Buddhism in Thailand and Burma
21. The sources of charismatic leadership: Max Weber revisited
22. The objectification of charisma and the fetishism of objects
Part I. The arahant and the Path of Meditation: 2. The Buddhist conception of the arahant
3. The Path of Purification: the ascetic practices
4. The stages and rewards of Buddhist meditation
5. The forest-monk tradition in Southeast Asia: a historical backdrop
Part II. The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context
the politics of sectarianism: 6. The biography of a modern saint
7. The Buddha's life as paradigm
8. The ordering principles behind Buddhist saintly biography
9. The disciples of the Master
10. The biographer as exemplary forest-monk, meditator, and teacher
11. Sectarianism and the sponsorship of meditation
12. The Mandnikdi sect's propagation of lay meditation
13. The center-periphery dialectic: the Mahathat and Bovonniwet sponsorship of meditation compared
Part III. The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma: 14. The cult of images and amulets
15. An enumeration of historic and popular amulets
16. The 'likeness' of the image to the original Buddha: the case of the Shillala Buddha
17. The process of sacralizing images and amulets: the transfer of power by monks
18. Amulets blessed by contemporary forest saints
19. Saints on cosmic mountains
Part IV. Conceptual and theoretical clarifications: 20. A commentary on millennial Buddhism in Thailand and Burma
21. The sources of charismatic leadership: Max Weber revisited
22. The objectification of charisma and the fetishism of objects
1. Introduction
Part I. The arahant and the Path of Meditation: 2. The Buddhist conception of the arahant
3. The Path of Purification: the ascetic practices
4. The stages and rewards of Buddhist meditation
5. The forest-monk tradition in Southeast Asia: a historical backdrop
Part II. The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context
the politics of sectarianism: 6. The biography of a modern saint
7. The Buddha's life as paradigm
8. The ordering principles behind Buddhist saintly biography
9. The disciples of the Master
10. The biographer as exemplary forest-monk, meditator, and teacher
11. Sectarianism and the sponsorship of meditation
12. The Mandnikdi sect's propagation of lay meditation
13. The center-periphery dialectic: the Mahathat and Bovonniwet sponsorship of meditation compared
Part III. The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma: 14. The cult of images and amulets
15. An enumeration of historic and popular amulets
16. The 'likeness' of the image to the original Buddha: the case of the Shillala Buddha
17. The process of sacralizing images and amulets: the transfer of power by monks
18. Amulets blessed by contemporary forest saints
19. Saints on cosmic mountains
Part IV. Conceptual and theoretical clarifications: 20. A commentary on millennial Buddhism in Thailand and Burma
21. The sources of charismatic leadership: Max Weber revisited
22. The objectification of charisma and the fetishism of objects
Part I. The arahant and the Path of Meditation: 2. The Buddhist conception of the arahant
3. The Path of Purification: the ascetic practices
4. The stages and rewards of Buddhist meditation
5. The forest-monk tradition in Southeast Asia: a historical backdrop
Part II. The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context
the politics of sectarianism: 6. The biography of a modern saint
7. The Buddha's life as paradigm
8. The ordering principles behind Buddhist saintly biography
9. The disciples of the Master
10. The biographer as exemplary forest-monk, meditator, and teacher
11. Sectarianism and the sponsorship of meditation
12. The Mandnikdi sect's propagation of lay meditation
13. The center-periphery dialectic: the Mahathat and Bovonniwet sponsorship of meditation compared
Part III. The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma: 14. The cult of images and amulets
15. An enumeration of historic and popular amulets
16. The 'likeness' of the image to the original Buddha: the case of the Shillala Buddha
17. The process of sacralizing images and amulets: the transfer of power by monks
18. Amulets blessed by contemporary forest saints
19. Saints on cosmic mountains
Part IV. Conceptual and theoretical clarifications: 20. A commentary on millennial Buddhism in Thailand and Burma
21. The sources of charismatic leadership: Max Weber revisited
22. The objectification of charisma and the fetishism of objects