Burma's mass lay meditation movement
Jordt, Ingrid.
Burma's mass lay meditation movement Buddhism and the cultural construction of power / [electronic resource] : Ingrid Jordt. - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) : illustrations. - Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115 . - Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law -- Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority -- The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human r.
9780896804579 0896804577
22573/ctt1rbwjx3 JSTOR
Buddhism and politics--Burma.
Buddhism--Social aspects--Burma.
Buddhist laymen--Burma.
Human rights movements--Burma.
Buddhism--Social aspects--Burma.
Buddhism and politics--Burma.
Buddhist laymen--Burma.
Human rights movements--Burma.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhism and politics.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Buddhist laymen.
Human rights movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438 / .J67 2007eb
294.309591
Burma's mass lay meditation movement Buddhism and the cultural construction of power / [electronic resource] : Ingrid Jordt. - Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) : illustrations. - Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115 . - Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law -- Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority -- The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human r.
9780896804579 0896804577
22573/ctt1rbwjx3 JSTOR
Buddhism and politics--Burma.
Buddhism--Social aspects--Burma.
Buddhist laymen--Burma.
Human rights movements--Burma.
Buddhism--Social aspects--Burma.
Buddhism and politics--Burma.
Buddhist laymen--Burma.
Human rights movements--Burma.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhism and politics.
Buddhism--Social aspects.
Buddhist laymen.
Human rights movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438 / .J67 2007eb
294.309591
