Buddhist Precept & Practice
First published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of religious change. Using empirical method of using documents, interviews and experiments the author tests his old hypotheses in order to formulate new ones that my lead him to the truth. He focusses on the distinctions used throughout this book, that are between what people say they believe and say they do, and what they really believe and really do, using his research of the Sinhalese Buddhists in Ceylon
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Contents
Aims and Scope of this Book
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1 Sinhalese BuddhismOrthodox or Syncretistic?
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2 The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism
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3 The Buddha
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4 A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mīgala
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5 Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice
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6 The Ethics of Intention
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7 The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism
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8 Caste in the Monastery
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9 Conclusion
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Appendix
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Glossary
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Amarapura Nikaya ancient Anuradhapura arhat attain B0 tree Bandara behaviour belief Bodhisattva brahmin Buddha Buddha image Buddhaghosa Buddhist called caste century ceremony Ceylon Chapter Christian cognitive Colombo commentary confined context ddné dead death Deeds deities demons Deyyo Dharma dhist doctrine drummers Dutugamunu Eight Precepts Enlightenment ethics figures final find first fit five Five Precepts flowers give Gotama goyigama halese heaven Hindu ideal India influence Jataka Kandy Kandyan karma Kataragama king laymen live Low Country magic Maha Maitri means meditation merit Migala modern monastery monks nirvana Obeyesekere offering one’s original Pali Canon pinkama pirit Pitiya poya days practice preaching preta Rahula rebirth reborn recited relics religion religious ritual Sangha Sanskrit seems sermon shrine Sinhalese Sinhalese Buddhist Siyam Nikaya specifically status story stupa Sutta Tamil temple term Theravada tion told tradition translation Twelve Gods usually village Vinaya Vishnu word worship yakku yaksa