The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia
Swearer, Donald K., (1934-)

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    Title/Author: The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia/ Donald K. Swearer.
    Author: Swearer, Donald K.,
    Published: Albany :State University of New York Press, : c2010.,
    Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 304 p.) :ill.
    [NT 15003449]: Pt. 1. : The popular tradition. Ideal action ; Ritual occasions, merit, and the appropiation of power ; Festivals ; Rites of passage -- pt.2. Buddhism and the State. Asoka, the exemplary Buddhist ruler ; kingsand cosmology ; the Cosmological Scheme of the Three Worlds ; the Buddha as cosmocrator ; Modern nationalism and Buddhism -- pt. 3. Buddhism and Modernization. The changing role of themonk ; Reforming the Tradition ; the changing role of the laity ; Women and Buddhism ; Buddhism andthe West -- postscript -- Appendix 1: Sigalaka Sutta : Code of lay ethics -- Appendix 2. Borobudur.
    Subject: Buddhism - Social aspects - Southeast Asia. -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438432526/Full text available:
    ISBN: 9781438432526 (electronic bk.)
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