Buddhism and the spirit cults in north-east Thailand [by] S.J. Tambiah.

By: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja, 1929-2014

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in social anthropology, no. 2Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1970Description: xi, 388 p. illus., map. 24 cmISBN: 0521078253; 9780521078252; 0521099587 ; 9780521099585Subject(s): Buddhism -- Relations | Thailand -- ReligionDDC classification: 294.3/91/09593 LOC classification: BL2075 | .T3Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description

Contents:

1. Introduction: the particular and the general; 2. The stage and its setting; 3. Cosmology; 4. Primary village concepts; 5. The institution of monkhood in historical perspective; 6. The rules of conduct for monks, novices, and laymen; 7. The phases of monkhood; 8. The monastic routine and its rewards; 9. The ideology of merit; 10. The cycle of collective wat rites and the agricultural calendar; 11. Death, mortuary rites, and the path to rebirth; 12. Liberation through hearing: the sacred words of the monks; 13. Sukhwan rites: the elders summon the spirit essence; 14. The co-existence of the brahman and the Buddhist monk; 15. The cult of the guardian spirits; 16. Myth and rite: the Naga symbol and the rocket festival; 17. The afflictions caused by malevolent spirits; 18. Exorcism as healing ritual; 19. A kaleidoscopic view of the religious field; 20. The parade of supernaturals; 21. The past and present in the study of religion: continuities and transformations

Summary: Dr Tambiah describes the religious practices and beliefs of the people of a remote village in north-east Thailand, relating them to the wider context of the civilization in which they are embedded, and examining the relationship of the religious practices of the villagers to the classical Buddhist tradition.

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Includes Index and Bibliography: p. 379-384.

Dr Tambiah describes the religious practices and beliefs of the people of a remote village in north-east Thailand, relating them to the wider context of the civilization in which they are embedded, and examining the relationship of the religious practices of the villagers to the classical Buddhist tradition.

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