Buddha in Sri Lanka Remembered Yesterdays

Name: Buddha in Sri Lanka Remembered Yesterdays
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ISBN: 9780791468821

ISBN-10: 0791468828

ISBN-13: 9780791468821

Edition: 2006

Authors: Swarna Wickremeratne, George D. Bond

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This book provides both an erudite and intimate look at how Buddhism is lived in Sri Lanka. While India is known as the birthplace of Buddhism, Sri Lanka is its other home, extending back over twenty-five hundred years on the island and remaining at the center of its spiritual traditions and culture. Throughout the book, author Swarna Wickremeratne incorporates a personal view, sharing stories of herself, her family, friends, and acquaintances as they "lived Buddhism" both during her Sri Lankan girlhood and during more recent times. This personal view makes the traditions come alive as Wickremeratne details Buddhist beliefs, customs, rituals and ceremonies, and folklore. She also provides a…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 9/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 317
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword


Terminology and Related Concepts


Acknowledgments


Map



Beginnings and Looking Beyond



Growing up in Sri Lankan Culture



Festival of New Beginnings: The New Year



Loving Worship and Loving Kindness



Givers: Many Motives, Many Fruits



Sri Lankan Buddhists and Their Rituals



Reminiscences of Bana Preaching



Buddhist Pilgrims' Progress



Karma in Popular Buddhist Culture



To Die Only to Be Reborn



Death: Buddhist Ways and Other Ways



Bodhi Puja: All for the Sake of a Tree



Pirit Chanting and the Holy Thread



Sons of the Buddha



Varieties in a Single Saffron Robe



Quid Pro Quo Worship



Many Gods, Many Altars



God Kataragama


Epilogue


Glossary of Religious Terms


Bibliography


Index