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International Standard Book Number 9781118323281
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781405189064
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC7103529
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL7103529
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System control number (OCoLC)1347028967
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BQ4012 .C76 2014
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Crosby, Kate.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Theravada Buddhism :
Remainder of title Continuity, Diversity, and Identity.
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Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Newark :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2013.
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2014.
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Extent 1 online resource (314 pages)
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Series statement New York Academy of Sciences Series
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro -- Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- Problems with the Definition of "Theravada Buddhism" -- The Structure of This Book and Its Use as a Coursebook -- Other Studies of Theravada -- Revisiting Conceptions of Theravada -- Geographical Terms -- Non-English Terms, Text Titles, Transliteration, and Translation -- References -- Part One: Buddha -- 1 The Buddha and Buddhahood -- Overview -- Master of the Universe -- The Changing Character of the Buddha -- Biographies of the Buddha -- Later Biographies of the Buddha -- Buddha Nature in the Jātakanidāna -- Western Preconceptions of the Theravada Buddha -- The Three Parinibbāna of the Buddha -- Summary -- References -- 2 Buddha Worship -- Overview -- The Ubiquity of Buddha Worship in Theravada -- Leadership After the Parinibbāna of the Buddha -- Theravada Groups That Eschew Buddha Worship -- The Benefits of Buddha-Worship -- Practices That Treat the Buddha as Present in His Image -- Consecration of Buddha Images -- The Making of the First Statue -- Devotion and Meditation Contrasted -- Devotion and Meditation Combined -- A Litany for Devotional Practices in Preparation for Meditation -- The Importance of Devotion to the Buddha in the Visuddhimagga -- Nondoctrinal Analyses of Buddha Worship -- The Relic and Image as Creators of Communities -- The Buddha in the Museum -- Summary -- References -- Part Two: Dhamma -- 3 Literature, Languages, and Conveying the Dhamma -- Overview -- The Pali Canon -- Oral Performance and Transmission, and the Writing Down of the Canon -- Texts of the Pali Canon and Their Translations into English -- Manuscripts, Councils, Printing, and Digital Dhamma -- The Decline of the Dhamma -- The Pali Canon in Relation to Other Buddhist Canons.
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Formatted contents note The Criteria for Canonical Inclusion and Apocryphal/Noncanonical sutta Texts -- Commentarial and Other Postcanonical Pali Literature -- Pali Language and Its Use -- Vernacular Literature and Sermons -- Summary -- References -- 4 The Jātaka -- Overview -- The Buddha and His Contemporaries in the Jātaka -- The Place of Jātaka Narratives -- The Audience and the Message -- Merit-Making, Depictions, and Performance -- Women in the Jātaka -- Summary -- References -- 5 The Good Buddhist -- Overview -- Correct Conduct -- Precepts -- Meritorious Action -- Right Livelihood, Vegetarianism, and the First Precept -- Summary -- References -- 6 Meditation -- Overview -- Pali Terms Used for "Meditation" -- The Place of Meditation in Theravada Buddhism -- Authoritative Meditation Texts: Canonical -- Authoritative Meditation Texts: Postcanonical -- Who Meditates? -- Basic Overview of Practices -- Correlation Between Mental States and Cosmological Realms -- Prerequisites and Preparations for Meditation -- Benefits -- Variety of Methods -- Modern Applications: Meditation Beyond Tradition -- Developments in Theravada Meditation Among Western Converts -- Summary -- References -- 7 Abhidhamma -- Overview -- Schools of Abhidhamma -- The Inaccessibility of Abhidhamma -- The Significance of Abhidhamma -- The Special Place of Abhidhamma in Burmese History -- Analysis (bheda) and Synthesis (saṅgaha) -- Conditions and Conditioned -- Commentarial Developments Including Momentariness -- Summary -- References -- Part Three: Sangha and Society -- 8 Monks, Monasteries, and Their Position in Society -- Overview -- The Establishment of the Sangha -- The Place of Ordination in Society -- The Ordination Process -- Rules for Novices and Monks -- Leaving the Sangha -- Hierarchy, Rivalry, and Independent Authority -- Subdivisions of the Theravada Sangha: Nikāya and Sub-nikāya -- Conclusion.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note References -- 9 Women in Monasticism -- Overview -- Spiritual Capacity of Women and the Establishment of the Bhikkhunī Lineage -- Subordination of Nuns to Monks: Implications for the Bhikkhunī Lineage -- Precept Nuns -- Summary -- References -- 10 Women in Theravada Literature and Society -- Overview -- Female Invisibility in the Production of Texts -- Mothers -- Protecting Men from Female Power -- A Framework for Patriarchy or Egalitarianism in Theravada Societies? -- Summary -- References -- 11 Feminist Readings of Gender-Related Symbols -- Overview -- Search for Role Models and Exemplary Symbols -- Feminine and Androgynous Symbols -- Embryonic Buddhas -- Limitations and Revelations of Female and Female-Inclusive Symbols -- Summary -- References -- 12 Nonharming, Politics, and Violence -- Overview -- Buddhist Teachings on Nonviolence -- Territorial Authority -- Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century -- Politics Following the Second World War -- Muslim Majorities and Minorities -- Whither Spirituality? -- Summary -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Buddhism.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Crosby, Kate
Title Theravada Buddhism
Place, publisher, and date of publication Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2013
International Standard Book Number 9781405189064
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Uniform title New York Academy of Sciences Series
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7103529">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7103529</a>
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