Buddhist preaching -- Sri Lanka.; Therava?da Buddhism -- Sri Lanka -- Customs and practices.
摘要
Due August 2007. New paperback edition. Explores the ritual practice of Buddhist preaching, its role in Buddhist devotional life and its relationship to the Sinhala literature of late medieval Sri Lanka. Blending ethnography, textal and doctrinal studies, and an analysis of untranslated Sinhala vernacular texts, Mahinda Deegalle traces the development of Buddhist preaching within the Sril Lankan Theravadan Buddhist tradition. He explains the preaching ceremony popularly known as bana and offers a rich description of preaching sytles, events, and specific preachers. The book delves into the debates surrounding the preaching ritual's origin and its potential beginning and continuity within the bhanaka (reciter) tradition, and explores the interactions between vernacular religious traditions of Sri Lanka with cosmopolitan Buddhism. Deegalle constructs a vivid picture of the way Sri Lankan Buddhist traditions have shaped the nature of Theravada Buddhism. "In his research Deegalle has examined the most important and relevant sources and has demonstrated a sense of priority in recognizing the most pertinent discussions within them. I applaud his sense of historical perspective, his acute sensitivity to the Sri Lankan Buddhist religious and cultural context, and his willingness to make critical assessments of previous scholarship when needed. His book fills a vacuum." John Clifford Holt.
目次
Chapter 1 Preaching in the Context of Popular Religion 1 Chapter 2 Buddha As the Best Preacher 31 Chapter 3 Ba¿a As an Emerging Tradition 51 Chapter 4 Ba¿apot As Innovatio 85 Chapter 5 Marathon Preachers 141 Chapter 6 Preaching Performance in the Nineteenth Century 194 Chapter 7 Twentieth Century Innovations 221 Chapter 8 Preacher As Poet 255 Chapter 9 Further Reflections 279 Notes 282 Bibliography 316
