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Monks and magic [electronic resource] : revisiting a classic study of religious ceremonies in Thailand / Barend Jan Terwiel.

By: Series: NIAS classics series ; no. 2.Publication details: Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, 2012.Edition: 4th rev. edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 312 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9788776940669 (electronic bk.)
  • 8776940667 (electronic bk.)
  • 9788776946180 (electronic bk.)
  • 8776946185 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Monks and magic.DDC classification:
  • 294.34809593 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ552 .T47 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Two orientations in the practice of Buddhism -- 2. The setting and the fieldwork -- 3. Children and religion -- 4. Adolescents, amulets and tattooing -- 5. The first period in the Sangha -- 6. Leaving the order, courtship and marriage -- 7. Building a house -- 8. The precepts and ritual -- 9. The pursuit of beneficial karma -- 10. Old age, death, and the hereafter -- 11. Conclusions.
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Previous ed.: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.

1. Two orientations in the practice of Buddhism -- 2. The setting and the fieldwork -- 3. Children and religion -- 4. Adolescents, amulets and tattooing -- 5. The first period in the Sangha -- 6. Leaving the order, courtship and marriage -- 7. Building a house -- 8. The precepts and ritual -- 9. The pursuit of beneficial karma -- 10. Old age, death, and the hereafter -- 11. Conclusions.

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