Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words : Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (374 pages)
- Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies .
- Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transcription -- Introduction -- Part I Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education -- 1 From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique -- 2 Wandering Librarians -- 3 Kings and Universities -- Part II Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education -- 4 Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations -- 5 The Culture of Translation -- 6 Canons and Curricula -- Part III: Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand -- 7 From Manuscript to Television -- 8 Philosophical Embryology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Note on Manuscripts, Archives, Monastic Libraries, and Catalogs -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Laos -- History. Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Thailand -- History. Buddhist monks -- Education -- Laos -- History. Buddhist monks -- Education -- Thailand -- History.