Living with the Vinaya: An Ethnography of Monasticism in Myanmar - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ryosuke Kuramoto, Mark Michael Rowe (Editor)Series:Contemporary BuddhismPublish date:2024-11-30Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824897550ISBN-10:824897552UPC:9780824897550Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & Social, Rituals & Practice, Southeast AsiaSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC8G8JP5BX
Living with the Vinaya: An Ethnography of Monasticism in Myanmar
Around the first century BCE, Buddhist monks formed monasteries and established relationships with kings and lay people. The rules monks live by, the Vinaya, are a pivotal source of meaning for them and their dealings with society and form the basis of multiple monasticisms across geographical regions and throughout history. The ways in which the Vinaya is understood and practiced, therefore,...
Series: Contemporary Buddhism
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824897550ISBN-10:824897552UPC:9780824897550Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & Social, Rituals & Practice, Southeast AsiaSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC8G8JP5BX
Ryosuke Kuramoto is associate professor of cultural anthropology at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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