Samuels, Jeffrey,  1965- <br/><br/>
Attracting the heart :  social relations and the aesthetics of emotion in Sri Lankan monastic culture / 
Jeffrey Samuels. 
 - Honolulu :  University of Hawaiʻi Press,  ©2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xxx, 167 pages) 
 - Topics in contemporary Buddhism. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Buddhism and social relations in contemporary Sri Lanka -- Narada Thero: affective bonds and the making of a social service Monk -- Aesthetics of emotions and affective bonds: monastic recruitment in two Sri Lankan villages -- Aesthetic-affective social networks and monastic recruitment -- Learning to be novices: monastic education and the construction of vocation -- Temple building as social service: family, community, and emotion -- Conclusion: social relations and the aesthetics of emotion. 
<br/><br/> An ethnographic study done in Sri Lanka that examines how emtion comes into play in the commitments of laypeople and monastics to each other and to Buddhism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780824860622 0824860624 0824833856 9780824833855 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt62p0n6  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emotions--Religious aspects--Buddhism.<br/>Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Buddhism.<br/>Buddhist monks--Social life and customs.--Sri Lanka<br/>Buddhist sanghas--Social aspects--Sri Lanka.<br/>Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Sri Lanka.<br/>RELIGION--Comparative Religion.<br/>RELIGION--Monasticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ6160.S72  / S25 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/657095493