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The life of Buddhism/ edited by Frank E. Reynolds and Jason A. Carbine. - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2000. - 230 p.

PART l: TEMPLES, SACRED OBJECTS, AND
ASSOCIATED RITUALS
Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan)
"A View ofTemplc Life and Practice,"
James Bissett Pratt
Image Consecrations (Thailand)
"Creating and Disseminating the Sacred,'
Donald K. Swearer
State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma)
"A Tooth Relic and the Legitimation of Power,'
JuUane Schober
Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand)
"Bun PhraaNves," S. J. Tambiah
PART II: MONASTIC PRACTICES
The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea)
"Ordination in the Chog\'c Order,"
Robert E. Buswell
Female Rcnunciants (Myanma[r]/Burma)
"Thcravadin Religious Women," Hiroko Kawanami
Meditation (Japan)
"A Morning Star Meditation," Taiko Yamasaki
The Monastic finest: A Biographical
Example (Tibet)
"The Biography of a Nun," Hanna Havnevik
Monastic Funerals (Thailand)
"The Cremation of a Senior Monk,'
Charles F. Keyes
PART III: LAY PRACTICES
Lay Identity and Participation (China)
"Lay Praxis in a Mahayana Context,'
Holmes Welch
Cosmology and Law (Tibet)
"Buddhist Secular Law: Doctrines in Context,'
Rebecca Redwood French
Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka)
"■Taktovil: The Role of the Buddha and
Dhamma," Jason A. Carbine
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Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka)
"A New Theravadin Liturgy,'' Richard Gombrich
Death and Beyond (japan)
"Memorializing One's Mizuko,"
William R. LaFlcur
PART IV: BUDDHISM IN THE WEST
An American Example
"Transmitting the Dharma," Philip Kapleau

ISBN: 9788120820074

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism.
Religious life -- Buddhism.
Buddhism -- Customs and practices.

Dewey Class. No.: 294.3 / REY/L