The Buddhist Art of Living in Nepal: Ethical Practice and Religious Reform

ISBN-13: 9780367866051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 268 str.

Lauren Leve

Opis

Theravada Buddhism has experienced a powerful and far-reaching revival in modern Nepal, especially among the Newar Buddhist laity, many of whom are reorganizing their lives according to its precepts, practices and ideals. This book documents these far-reaching social and personal transformations and links them to political, economic and cultural

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: Seeing Things As They Are

Chapter 2: ‘A Garden of Every Kind of People:’ Newar Buddhists in Hindu Nepal

Chapter 3: The Revival of "Pure Buddhism"

Chapter 4: What Makes A Theravada Buddhist?

Chapter 5: Becoming "Pure Buddhist" (1): Practices of Personhood

Chapter 6: Becoming "Pure Buddhist" (2): Vipassana Meditation and the Theravada Care of the Self

Chapter 7: The Best Dharma for Today: Post-Protestant Buddhism in Neoliberal Nepal

Conclusion: The Buddhist Art of Living, in Nepal and Elsewhere

O autorze

Lauren Leve is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.