Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon/
Gombrich, Richard F
Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon/ Richard F Gombrich - 2nd ed. with minor corrections. - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991. - 427 p.
1. Sinhalese Buddhism—Orthodox or Syncretistic?
2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism
3. The Buddha
I. The Buddha's Biography
II. The Buddha as worshipped: Man or God?
4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mlgala
1. Causation
II. The Contents of the Universe
III. Attempts to influence non-human Beings
IV. Summary
5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice
6. The Ethics of Intention
7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism
8. Caste in the Monastery
8120807804
Buddhism -- Customs and practices -- History -- Sri Lanka
Buddhism -- History -- Sri Lanka
294.344 / GOM/B
Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon/ Richard F Gombrich - 2nd ed. with minor corrections. - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991. - 427 p.
1. Sinhalese Buddhism—Orthodox or Syncretistic?
2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism
3. The Buddha
I. The Buddha's Biography
II. The Buddha as worshipped: Man or God?
4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mlgala
1. Causation
II. The Contents of the Universe
III. Attempts to influence non-human Beings
IV. Summary
5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice
6. The Ethics of Intention
7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism
8. Caste in the Monastery
8120807804
Buddhism -- Customs and practices -- History -- Sri Lanka
Buddhism -- History -- Sri Lanka
294.344 / GOM/B