Rebuilding Buddhism - The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal OIP

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-674-02554-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was introduced into Nepal from Burma and Sri Lanka in the 1930s, and its adherents have struggled for recognition and acceptance ever since. With its focus on the austere figure of the monk and the biography of the historical Buddha, and more recently with its emphasis on individualizing meditation and on gender equality, Theravada Buddhism contrasts sharply with the highly ritualized Tantric Buddhism traditionally practiced in the Kathmandu Valley. Based on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and historical reconstruction, the book provides a rich portrait of the different ways of being a Nepali Buddhist over the past seventy years. At the same time it explores the impact of the Theravada movement and what its gradual success has meant for Buddhism, for society, and for men and women in Nepal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levine, Sarah

Gellner, David N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Über Autor(innen)

Gellner, David N.
David N. Gellner is Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford.

Levine, Sarah
Sarah LeVine is Research Associate in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education.