Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement : Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power.
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- 9780896804579
- 294.309591
- BQ438 -- .J67 2007eb
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order -- Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation -- Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity -- Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance -- Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.Drawing.
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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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