03619cam a2200541Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040008400111019003600195020003600231020003300267020001800300020001500318020001800333020001500351035007500366043001200441050002600453072002500479082002300504049000900527100002500536245012200561260006800683300006000751336002600811337002600837338003600863504006700899505046500966520098101431588002602412650005402438650004202492650006902534651004002603655002202643776016902665856010502834938002802939938004102967938004003008994001203048999001703060ocn659731952OCoLC20200709055253.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu100831s2010    enkab   ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TbengepncN$TdOCLCQdU2CdOCLCQdOCLCFdOCLCQdEBLCPdMHWdYDXCPdCSJdIAI  a651599427a732290279a776970430  a9780511776366q(electronic bk.)  a0511776365q(electronic bk.)  a9780511772719  a0511772718  a9780511774843  a0511774842  a(OCoLC)659731952z(OCoLC)651599427z(OCoLC)732290279z(OCoLC)776970430  aa-th--- 4aBQ6160.T4bC66 2010eb 7aRELx0070002bisacsh04a294.3/65709593222  aMAIN1 aCook, Joanna,d1978-10aMeditation in modern Buddhismh[electronic resource] :brenunciation and change in Thai monastic life /cJoanna Cook.  aCambridge, UK ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) :billustrations, map  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 198-209) and index.0 aMeditation and monasticism: making the ascetic self in Thailand -- Meditation and religious reform -- The monastic community: duty and structure -- Meditation as ethical imperative -- Language and meditation -- Monastic duty, mindfulness and cognitive space -- Money, mae chee and reciprocity -- Hierarchy, gender and mindfulness -- Monasticization and the ascetic interiority of non-self -- Appendix: ordination transcript for an eight-precept nun (mae chee).  a"In contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassanā meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail, and explores the subjective signification of monastic duties and ascetic practices. Drawing on fieldwork done both as an analytical observer and as a full participant in the life of the monastery, Joanna Cook analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers, and shows what effect meditative practices have on individuals and community organization. The particular focus on the status of mae chee - part lay, part monastic - provides a fresh insight into social relationships and gender hierarchy within the context of the monastery"--cProvided by publisher.0 aPrint version record. 0aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)zThailand. 7aRELIGIONxBuddhismxGeneral.2bisacsh 7aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)2fast0(OCoLC)fst01025111 7aThailand.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01205310 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aCook, Joanna, 1978-tMeditation in modern Buddhism.dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2010z9780521119382w(DLC)  2010025712w(OCoLC)643082329403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=324004  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn324004  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL542836  aYBP Library ServicesbYANKn3402785  a92bN$T  c49855d49855