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Poetic Dhama and the Zare: Traditional Styles of Teaching Theramada Amongst the Shan of Northern Thailand |
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Author |
Crosby, Kate
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Jotika, Khur-Yearn
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Source |
Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Volume | v.11 n.1 |
Date | 2010.05 |
Pages | 1 - 26 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Publisher Url |
https://www.routledge.com/
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Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Keyword | Dharma (Buddhism); Theravada Buddhism; Buddhism Education; Poetry (Literary Form); Shan (Asian People) |
Abstract | In the Theravada Buddhism of the Shan peoples of northern Burma and Thailand, the main medium for the transmission of complex teachings is an elaborate form of poetry. The scholars who preserve and perform the readings of such teachings are called zare. Mostly they are laymen, although some are women and a few are monks. This article examines how the zare acquire their extraordinary erudition, the challenges confronting the tradition in the face of political suppression, modernity and minority language status, and the ways in which zare culture undermines common preconceptions about Theravada Buddhism. |
ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
DOI | 10.1080/14639941003791568 |
Hits | 484 |
Created date | 2011.03.17 |
Modified date | 2017.06.29 |
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