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An ethic of continuity: Shwegyin monks and the Sasana in contemporary Burma/Myanmar
Author Carbine, Jason A.
Source Dissertation Abstracts International
Volumev.65 n.10 Section A
Date2004
Pages3852
PublisherProQuest LLC
Publisher Url https://www.proquest.com/
LocationAnn Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Degreedoctor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
AdvisorReynolds, Frank
Publication year2004
Note1. 229p
2. Dissertations & theses @ CIC institutions
KeywordEthic; Shwegyin; Monks; Sasana; Burma; Myanmar; Buddhism
AbstractThis dissertation deals with the theme of social and historical continuity among a representative group of Burmese monks, the Shwegyin. The objective is to explain the dynamics through which Shwegyin monks, as both representative of and distinctive within the Theravada (Way of the Elders) Buddhist tradition, participate in the working out of Sasana (Dispensation)-oriented ideas, interpretations, and practices in communal interaction over sustained periods of time. To achieve that objective, the dissertation focuses on four topics: monastic administration and regulation; historical and biographical narratives; the legal ritual of ordination; and teaching the Abhidhamma (Fundamental Law). In addressing these topics, each chapter of the dissertation describes and analyzes images and practices of continuity among Shwegyin monks, with a view towards articulating, in detail, both Shwegyin and wider-Theravada understandings of that continuity. In the process, the dissertation illuminates the world of Burmese and Theravada Buddhism in new ways, while making an argument for an understanding of Buddhist ethics in terms of history and practice.
ISBN0496086227; 9780496086221
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Created date2005.09.23
Modified date2022.03.21



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