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Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman
A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand

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Klappentext This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised. Zusammenfassung Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised! namely! Burma! Cambodia! Ceylon! Laos and Thailand. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: the Thai social system; 1. 'The way of the monk'; 2. The monk and the lay community; 3. The wat community; 4. The wat and its social matrix; 5. The role of the Buddhist layman; 6. The loosely structured social system: red herring or rara avis?; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.

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