The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets : a study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism
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書誌事項
The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets : a study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism
(Cambridge studies in social anthropology, 49)(Paperback re-issue)
Cambridge University Press, 2007, c1984
- : pbk
並立書誌 全1件
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
"First published 1984. Re-issued in this digitally printed version 2007"--T.p. verso
"Cambridge paperback library"--On cover
Includes bibliographical notes (p. 348-393) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand. These saints originally pursued their salvation quest among the isolated villages of the country's periphery, but once recognized as holy men endowed with charisma, they became the radiating centres of a country-wide cult of amulets. The amulets, blessed by the saints, are avidly sought by royalty, ruling generals, intelligentsia and common folk alike for their alleged powers to influence the success of worldly transactions, whether political, economic, martial or romantic.
目次
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. The arahant and the Path of Meditation: 2. The Buddhist conception of the arahant
- 3. The Path of Purification: the ascetic practices
- 4. The stages and rewards of Buddhist meditation
- 5. The forest-monk tradition in Southeast Asia: a historical backdrop
- Part II. The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context
- the politics of sectarianism: 6. The biography of a modern saint
- 7. The Buddha's life as paradigm
- 8. The ordering principles behind Buddhist saintly biography
- 9. The disciples of the Master
- 10. The biographer as exemplary forest-monk, meditator, and teacher
- 11. Sectarianism and the sponsorship of meditation
- 12. The Mandnikdi sect's propagation of lay meditation
- 13. The center-periphery dialectic: the Mahathat and Bovonniwet sponsorship of meditation compared
- Part III. The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma: 14. The cult of images and amulets
- 15. An enumeration of historic and popular amulets
- 16. The 'likeness' of the image to the original Buddha: the case of the Shillala Buddha
- 17. The process of sacralizing images and amulets: the transfer of power by monks
- 18. Amulets blessed by contemporary forest saints
- 19. Saints on cosmic mountains
- Part IV. Conceptual and theoretical clarifications: 20. A commentary on millennial Buddhism in Thailand and Burma
- 21. The sources of charismatic leadership: Max Weber revisited
- 22. The objectification of charisma and the fetishism of objects
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