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McDaniel, Justin.

Gathering leaves & lifting words : histories of Buddhist monastic education in Laos and Thailand / Gathering leaves and lifting words Justin Thomas McDaniel. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008. - 1 online resource (xiii, 358 p., [16] p. of plates ) - Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies . - Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-345) and index.

Part I. Structural Mechanisms: The Institutional History of Monastic Education: 1. From the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique -- Wandering Librarians -- Kings and Universities -- Part II. Proximate Mechanisms: Toward a Curricular History of Monastic Education: 4. Genres, Modes, and Idiosyncratic Articulations -- The Culture of Translation -- Canons and Curricula -- Part III. Vernacular Landscapes: Teaching Buddhism in Laos and Thailand: 7. From Manuscript to Television -- Philosophical Embryology. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8.

Examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, this title traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values.


English.

ISBN: 9780295989228 029598922X

Source: 22573/ctvctd9rr JSTOR

LCCN: 2021694508

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8A5225 bnb GBA8A5225. bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhism--Study and teaching--History.--Laos
Buddhism--Study and teaching--History.--Thailand
Buddhist monks--Education--History.--Laos
Buddhist monks--Education--History.--Thailand
Bouddhisme--Étude et enseignement--Histoire.--Laos
Bouddhisme--Étude et enseignement--Histoire.--Thaïlande
Moines bouddhistes--Éducation--Histoire.--Laos
Moines bouddhistes--Éducation--Histoire.--Thaïlande
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Sacred Writings.
Buddhism--Study and teaching
Buddhist monks--Training of
Buddhismus
Mönchtum
Religiöse Erziehung

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Laos
Thailand
Thailand

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BQ162.L28

Dewey Class. No.: 294.3/7509593