Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo
First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Contents
1 Introduction
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2 Gotama Buddhas problem situation
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3 The Buddhas Dhamma
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4 The Sanghas discipline
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5 The accommodation between Buddhism and society in ancient India
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6 The Buddhist tradition in Sri Lanka
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7 Protestant Buddhism
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8 Current trends new problems
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Abbreviations and primary sources
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References
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accept ancient Anuradhapura ascetic Asoka Bāhu brahmins Buddha Buddha’s death Buddhaghosa Buddhist monks Burma called Canon caste century BCE ceremony Ceylon chapter Christian chronicles claim Colombo commentaries communal religion culture Dhamma Dharmapāla doctrine early Enlightenment ethical evidence formal gods Gotama higher ordination Hindu Hinduism ideas ideology important India individual inscriptions Jain Jainism kamma Kandy karman katriya king laity language layman living Mahāva Mahāyāna Mahinda means meditation missionaries missions modern monastery monastic monks moral nibbāna Nikāya novice one’s ordination tradition Pali Canon Parakkama Parinibbāna pātimokkha practice preached priests probably problem Protestant Buddhism rebirth relic religious renouncers ritual rule sacrifice salvation Sangha Sanskrit Sāsana scriptures sects seems sermon Sinhala Sinhalese Sinhalese Buddhist social society soteriology Sri Lanka śruti stupa Sutta Tamil teaching term theory Theravāda Theravāda Buddhism Theravādin Theravādin tradition translated truth unintended consequences Upaniads uposatha Veda Vedic Vesāli village Vinaya Vinaya Piaka word