Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes

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Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes

Melford E. Spiro

University of California Press, c1982

2nd, expanded ed

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [483]-493

Includes index

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The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aim is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.

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Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition I. PROLOGUE 1. Theravada Buddhism: An Anthropological Problem Introduction The Problem: The Uniqueness of Buddhism The Problem Confounded: The Three Systems of Theravada Buddhism Field Work: The Burmese Setting Field Work: The Buddhist Setting Field Work: The Research Problems and the Data Some Problems in Interpretation II. BUDDHISM AS AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM 2. Nibbanic Buddhism: A Religion of Radical Salvation The Founder: The Buddha The Promise: Deliverance from Suffering The Technique: The Buddhist Path The Goal: Nirvana The Personal Ideal: The Arahant The Social Ideal: World Renunciation 3. Kammatic Buddhism: I. A Religion of Proximate Salvation The Shift in the Soteriological Goal The Normative Basis for Kammatic Buddhism The Psychological Basis for Kammatic Buddhism The Shift in the Conception of Dukkha The Shift in the Conception of Nirvana The Shift in the Conception of Anattii 4. Kammatic Buddhism: II. The Central Concept of Merit From Salvation Through Knowledge to Salvation Through Works Means for Acquiring Merit: Morality Means for Acquiring Merit: Giving The Motivational Salience of Merit A Note on Children 5. Kammatic Buddhism: III. The Key Doctrine of Karma The Metaphysics of Karma Psychological Press and the Neutralization of Karma Merit Transfer and Karma The Dynamics of Belief in Karma 6. Apotropaic Buddhism: A Religion of Magical Protection Introduction Psychological Press and the Reinterpretation of Normative Doctrine The Canonical Basis for Apotropaic Buddhism The "Theological" Basis for Apotropaic Buddhism The Problem of Karma Religion, Magic, and Buddhism 7. Esoteric Buddhism: A Religion of Chiliastic Expectations The Major Features of Esoteric Buddhism Eschatological Buddhism Millennial Buddhism Motives and Functions of Belief Esoteric Buddhism and Burmese Religion III. BUDDHISM AS A RITUAL SYSTEM 8. The Buddhist Cultus: Its Generic Attributes A Typology of Ritual Action Ritual Types and Buddhist Ideological Types A Note on Children The Forms of Buddhist Ritual Action Objects of Ritual Veneration A Cultic Typology and a Classification of the Buddhist Cultus 9. The Ceremonial Cycle: I. Calendrical Rituals The Daily Cycle The Weekly and Monthly Cycles The Annual Cycle 10. The Ceremonial Cycle: II. Life-Cycle Rituals Introduction Buddhist Initiation Death and Burial 11. Crisis Rituals Causes and Occasions of Crisis The Use of Buddhist Sacra The Use of Buddhist Spells The Use of Dana The Use of Meditation Non-Buddhist Magic IV. BUDDHISM AS A MONASTIC SYSTEM 12. Monasticism: I. The Normative Structure The Monk as Religious Virtuoso The Function of Monasticism The Rule 13. Monasticism: II. The Social Structure The Daily Routine The Structure of the Monastery The Structure of the Order 14. The Monk: I. Recruitment Structure Introduction The Sociological Background Countervailing Influences Some Motivational Bases for Recruitment: Conscious Some Motivational Bases for Recruitment: Unconscious 15. The Monk: IL Character Structure Persistent Characteristics of the "Worldling" Intellectual Level Monastic Morality The Moral State of the Sangha 16. The Sangha and the State Introduction Church and State in Early Buddhism Church and State in Burmese History Church and State in Contemporary Burma The Political Culture of the Contemporary Burmese Sangha 17. The Status of the Monkhood in Burmese Society Veneration of the Monkhood The Bases for Veneration: Expressive The Bases for Veneration: Instrumental Ambivalence and Hostility to the Monkhood Conflict Between Laymen and Monks V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD 18. Buddhism and the World: A Critique The Problem Nibbanic Buddhism and the World The Intention of the Present Analysis 19. Buddhism and Burmese Society Buddhist Weltanschauung and the Burmese Social System Buddhist Soteriology and the Burmese Economy Buddhist Affiliation and Burmese Social Integration Appendix: On the Burmese Romanization References Cited Index

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