Ebook: Rebuilding Buddhism : the Theravada movement in twentieth-century Nepal
- Genre: Religion // Buddhism
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- City: Cambridge, MA
- Edition: Kindle
- Language: English
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Preface 1. Introduction: The Origins of Modernist Buddhism 2. Theravada Missionaries in an Autocratic State 3. Creating a Tradition 4. Charisma and Education: Dhammawati and the Nuns' Order after 1963 5. The Changing Buddhist Laity 6. Organizing and Educating the Monastic Community 7. Raising the Status of Nuns: The Controversy over Bhikkhuni Ordination 8. Winds of Change: Meditation and Social Activism 9. Other Buddhist Revivalisms: Tibetan "Mahayana" and Newar "Vajrayana" 10. Conclusion: Nepal's Theravadins in the Twenty-First Century Appendix 1: Dramatis Personae Appendix 2: Complete List of Theravada Viharas in Nepal Glossary Notes References Index
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