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Buddhism in Myanmar: A short history |
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| Author |
Bischoff, Roger (著)
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| Date | 1995 |
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| Pages | 107 |
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| Publisher | Buddhist Publication Society |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www.bps.lk/
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| Location | Kandy, Sri Lanka [康堤, 斯里蘭卡] |
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| Series | Wheel Publication |
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| Series No. | 399-401 |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Theravada Buddhism; Burma History; Burma Religion; Myanmar |
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| Abstract | This book traces the earliest contact with Buddhism in Mayanmar (Burma); the Mon and Pyu Kingdoms. Theravada Buddhism comes to Pagan. Pagan: its flowering and decline. The Shan rule. The Mayanmar build an Empire. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. |
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| Table of contents | Title page 2
Contents 4
Buddhism in Myanmar 4
Preface 4
1. Earliest Contacts with Buddhism 6
Myanmar and its Peoples 6
The Region 8
First Contacts with the Buddha’s Teachings 10
The Arrival of the Hair Relics 11
The Buddha’s Visits to the Region 12
The Visit to Central Myanmar 13
The Visit to Arakan 15
The Missionaries of the Third Buddhist Council 17
2. Buddhism in the Mon and Pyu Kingdoms 19
The Mon 19
The Pyu 21
Buddhaghosa and Myanmar 23
Buddhism in Lower Myanmar: 5th to 11th Centuries 25
3. Theravada Buddhism Comes to Pagan 29
The Beginnings of Pagan 29
Shin Arahan Converts the King 32
Anawratha Acquires the Scriptures 33
4. Pagan: Flowering and Decline 37
Kyanzitta Strengthens Theravada Buddhism 38
Later Kings 43
Contacts with Sri Lanka and the First Controversies 46
Scholarship in Pagan 48
5. Shan Rule 51
Upper Myanmar 51
Lower Myanmar 55
The Great Reformation of the Sangha 57
6. The Myanmar Build an Empire 62
Shan versus Myanmar 62
Political Influence of the Sangha in Early Myanmar 65
The Spread of Abhidhamma 68
7. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 71
The Amarapura Nikāya in Sri Lanka 75
Bodawpaya’s Relationship with the Sangha 78
The Fate of Buddhism in Upper and Lower Myanmar 79
Tharrawaddy-Min 82
Pagan-Min 83
The Colonial Administration and the Sangha 84
King Mindon 85
Select Bibliography 95
Original Sources 95
Secondary Sources 96
Periodicals 97
The Author 98
Notes 98 |
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| ISBN | 9552401275 (print) |
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| ISSN | 00497541 (P) |
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| Hits | 480 |
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| Created date | 1998.04.28 |
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| Modified date | 2022.03.21 |
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