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Author: Stephen Berkwitz, Ashley Thompson

Routledge Handbook of Theravada Buddhism 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I Ideas/Ideals

1 Theravāda: Sectarianism and diversity in Mahāvihāra historiography

Introduction

Sect and Nikāya

Theravāda as a Buddhist sect

Nāgārjunakoṇḍa: early positioning in a multi-sectarian environment

A bold claim of exclusive authenticity: Theravāda in the Dīpavaṃsa and the Mahāvaṃsa

Buddhist diversity in a retrospective view: the Nikāyasaṅgraha

Conclusion

Notes

References

2 Pāli: Its place in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition

Authoritative tradition

The language of Buddhas

The root language

The language of Magadha

A classical language

The Pāli imaginaire and the idea of a canon

Organization and reform

Elaboration

Encompassment

Indexical power

From rhetoric to magic

Performative rituals

Conclusion

Notes

References

3 Circulations: Linked spaces and divergent temporalities in the Pāli world

Introduction

Sukhothai

Networks

Networks reconsidered

Circulatory processes

Notes

References

4 Statecraft: From Buddhist kingship to modern states

Introduction

Buddhist kingship and statecraft in the Pāli-Sanskrit cosmopolis

Localizations: Statecraft in premodern Lao and Tai Kingdoms

Theravāda Buddhism and modern statecraft

References

5 Reform: Ideas and events in modern Theravāda reformism

Introduction

New ways of knowing

Scripturalism in Siam

Mid-20th century reformers

Reform and media

Modern Buddhist subjects

Conclusion

Notes

References

6 Tradition: Nuns and “Theravāda” in Sri Lanka

Introduction

Tradition

Contestation

Power

Concluding remarks

Notes

References

Part II Practices/Persons

7 Merit: Ritual giving and its cultural mediations

The perfection of giving in the Vessantara Jātaka

Making merit

Merit-making and institution building

Contemporary flows of merit-making in the service of others

Theories of giving in a Theravāda Buddhist context

References

8 Meditation: Techniques and processes of transformation

Overview of meditation

The goal

Pāli terms concerning “meditation”

Authoritative meditation texts

Overview of meditation topics

Meditation and Abhidhamma

Conclusion

Notes

References

9 Repetition: Pāli iterations of ritual commitment, commentarial refrain, and assiduous practice

Ritual

Textual composition

Doctrine

References

10 Filial piety: Shades of difference across Theravādin traditions

Introduction

Filial piety in the Pāli scriptures

“Sharing merit”: Filial piety in Buddhist practice

Filial piety as a Buddhist virtue

Conclusion

Notes

References

11 Laity: Status, role, and practice in Theravāda

Introduction

Recent academic constructions of the laity in Theravāda

The lay Buddhist as donor

The lay Buddhist meditation practice

Study of the Dhamma by the laity

Concluding remarks

Notes

References

12 Discipline: Beyond the Vinaya

How to wear the robes

Monks behaving badly

Religious ideologies and practices within educational contexts

Policing monastic bodies and appropriate activity

Laity and monastic discipline

Conclusion: monks and smoking

Notes

References

13 Funerals: Changing funerary practices

Central Thailand

Of cremations, burials and bird-offerings

Cremation at Mt. Meru on temple grounds

Delaying cremations, temple storage

Cremains: kept in homes, chedi, or temples

Northern funerary rites

Burial versus cremation

Charnel forest (paa chaa), not temple Meru

Corpses in homes, not temples

Treatment of cremains

Post–World War II changes

Notes

References

Part III Texts/Teachings

14 Canons: Authoritative texts of the Theravaṃsa

The idea of “canon”

Pāli Tripiṭaka and Pāli canon

Canon formation

Materiality

Writing systems

Problems with canons

The Theravāda canon: closed or open?

Conceptual proliferation

Modernity

Many canons: function and practice

The inclusive Tripiṭaka

Sponsorship

Ritual canons of Siam

Sermons

Vernacular canons

Model canons

Carved in stone: epigraphic canons

Early Buddhisms

Canon and authority

The culture of the book

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

15 Abhidhamma: Theravāda thought in relation to Sarvāstivāda thought

The nature of Abhidhamma

The initial development of Abhidhamma

Canonical Abhidhamma literature

The development of Abhidhamma literature

The Abhidharma theory of dharmas

Dharmas in action: causation, processes, and rebirth

Conclusion

Notes

References

16 Vaṃsa: History and lineage in the Theravāda

Expanding the Theravāda

Materiality and Theravāda

Authority and Theravāda

Conclusion

Notes

References

17 Merit: Ten ways of making merit in Theravāda exegetical literature and contemporary Sri Lanka

Introduction

Commentarial literature and systematic exegetical Abhidhamma texts

From three to ten ways of merit

Poetic works and a lay manual

From ten to twelve ways of making merit

Contemporary sources

A characteristic Theravāda way of looking at merit

Conclusion

Notes

References

Primary sources and list of abbreviations

Secondary literature and translations

18 Bilingualism: Theravāda bitexts across South and Southeast Asia

Introduction

Creating bitexts: primary steps and techniques

Selection

Citation

Invention

Analysis

Parsing

Amplification

Rearrangement

Annotation

Gloss

Presentation

Philological

Exegetical

Homiletic

Poetic

Spreading bitexts: the diffusion of bilingual compositions

Early Sri Lankan Bitexts, ca. 900–1200

Pyu and Old Khmer Proto-Bitexts, ca. 500–1200

Early Mon and Burmese Bitexts, ca. 1100–1500

Early Modern Siamese, Lao, and Lanna Bitexts, ca. 1300–1700

Modern Khmer, Tai Khün, Tai Lü, and Vietnamese Bitexts, ca. 1700–1950

Theravāda bitexts today

Acknowledgments

Manuscripts cited

References

Part IV Images/Imaginations

19 Visual narratives: Buddha life stories in the “medieval Theravāda” of Southeast Asia

Introduction

Visualization of the “Buddha’s life” in early Pagan

The Buddha’s realm created

The rise of the new Sīhaḷa order

Discussion

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

20 Icons: Standing out from the narrative in Theravādin art

Setting the scene

On image–text relations

The aniconic and the anthropomorphic: ongoing issues in Buddhist art history

Re-presenting the Buddha: two historical examples

Notes

References

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources and Translations

21 Affect: Notes from contemporary Southeast Asian visual culture

Relics: temporal dialectics and affective attachments

Remediating relics in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s affective history of the Cold War

Relics that bind: Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture and the affective trace of the Cambodian genocide

Conclusion

Notes

References

22 Deities: Supernatural forces in Theravāda Buddhist religious cultures

Buddhist Devas in Sri Lanka

The Phi of Thai-Lao Buddhist religious culture

Nats of Burmese Myanmar

Conclusion

Notes

References

23 Mons: Creating a narrative of the origins of Theravāda

Constructing an image: Mons in Southeast Asia

Cosmopolitan scholars and the search for Mon origins

Local historiographies of “origins” before the colonial encounter

Mon-language accounts

Burmese-language accounts

Narratives in circulation: colonial-era Mon texts

A new normativity: British creations of national pasts

Local adaptations

Notes

References

Index

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