Spiro, Melford E, <br/><br/>
Buddhism and society :  a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes /  [print] 
Melford E. Spiro. 
 - second, expandedition. edition. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  (c)1982. 
 - xxiv, 510 pages ;  23 cm 
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<br/><br/>I. PROLOGUE: Theravada Buddhism:  --  an anthropological problem II. BUDDHISM AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM:  --  Nibbanic Buddhism: a religion of radical salvation --  Kammatic Buddhism: I : a religion of proximate salvation --  Kammatic Buddhism: II : the central concept of merit --  Kammatic Buddhism:  --  III : the key doctrine of karma --  Apotropaic Buddhism: a religion of magical protection --  Esoteric Buddhism: a religion of chiliastic expectations III. BUDDHISM A RITUAL SYSTEM:  --  The Buddhist cultus: its generic attributes --  The ceremonial cycles: I : calendrical rituals --  The ceremonial cycles: II : Life-cycle rituals --  Crisis rituals IV. BUDDHISM A MONASTIC SYSTEM:  --  Monasticism: I : the normative structure --  Monasticism: II : the social structure --  The monk: I : recruitment structure --  The monk: II : character structure --  The Sangha and the state --  The stats of the monkhood in Burmese society V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD:  --  Buddhism and the world: a critique --  Buddhism and Burmese society. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520046719 9780520046726 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81018522 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB8303691  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>008748854  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism--Burma.<br/>Buddhist sociology--Burma.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Buddha (The concept)  Burma Buddhism  Burma Buddhist sociology  Burma 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL1443.S759.B833 1982