Rebuilding Buddhism The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal

Name: Rebuilding Buddhism The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal
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ISBN: 9780674019089

ISBN-10: 0674019083

ISBN-13: 9780674019089

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sarah LeVine, David N. Gellner

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Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was introduced into Nepal from Burma and Sri Lanka in the 1930s, and its adherents have struggled for recognition and acceptance ever since. With its focus on the austere figure of the monk and the biography of the historical Buddha, and more recently with its emphasis on individualizing meditation and on gender equality, Theravada Buddhism contrasts sharply with the highly ritualized Tantric Buddhism traditionally practiced in the Kathmandu Valley. Based on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and historical reconstruction, the book…

Book details

List price: $58.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 394
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

David N. Gellner is Lecturer in the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford .



Preface



Introduction: The Origins of Modernist Buddhism



Theravada Missionaries in an Autocratic State



Creating a Tradition



Charisma and Education: Dhammawati and the Nuns' Order after 1963



The Changing Buddhist Laity



Organizing and Educating the Monastic Community



Raising the Status of Nuns: The Controversy over Bhikkhuni Ordination



Winds of Change: Meditation and Social Activism



Other Buddhist Revival Movements: Tibetan "Mahayana" and Newar "Vajrayana"



Conclusion: Nepal's Theravadins in the Twenty-First Century



Dramatis Personae: Some Prominent Personalities in the Theravada Movement



Complete List of Theravada Viharas in Nepal


Glossary


Notes


References


Index