Buddhist Rituals Death And Rebirth - Contemporary SRI Lankan Practice (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)(1)

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1、BROA0118/06/200709:38AMPageiBUDDHISTRITUALSOFDEATHANDREBIRTHInBuddhistthoughtandpractice,deathhasalwaysbeenacentralconcept.ThisbookprovidesacarefulandthoroughanalysisoftheritualsandsocialcustomssurroundingdeathintheTheravadatraditionofSriLanka.Theauthordescribestheritual

2、sofdeathandrebirthandanalysessocialissuesoftherelationshipbetweenmonksandlaypeopleinthiscontext.ThisaspectisofparticularinterestasdeathritualsaretheonlylifecycleritualinwhichTheravadaBuddhistmonksareactivelyinvolved.Theauthorthenembarksuponaninvestigationoftheancientorig

3、insoftheserituals.DrawingonearlyVedicsetrasandPalitexts,aswellasarchaeologicalandepigraphicalmater-ial,thisbookestablishesthatSriLankanritualsaredeeplyrootedintheirpre-Buddhist,Vedicprecursors.Whilstbeliefsanddoctrineshaveundergoneconsiderablechangesoverthecenturies,itbe

4、comesevidentthattheunder-lyingpracticeshavelargelyremainedstable.AsthefirstcomprehensivestudyofdeathritualsinTheravadaBuddhistpractice,thisisanimportantcon-tributiontothefieldsofBuddhiststudies,indology,anthropologyandreli-giousstudies.RitaLangerisLecturerinBuddhistStudies

5、attheUniversityofBristol,UK.FocusingonSoutheastAsia(ThailandandLaos),sheiscontinuingherresearchintoTheravadadeathritualsaspartofalargerAHRCfundedproject,‘BuddhistDeathRitualsofSoutheastAsiaandChina’.BROA0111/06/200703:41PMPageiiROUTLEDGECRITICALSTUDIESINBUDDHISMGeneralEd

6、itors:CharlesS.PrebishandDamienKeownRoutledgeCriticalStudiesinBuddhismisacomprehensivestudyoftheBuddhisttradition.Theseriesexploresthiscomplexandextensivetraditionfromavarietyofperspectives,usingarangeofdifferentmethodologies.Theseriesisdiverseinitsfocus,includinghistori

7、calstudies,textualtranslationsandcommentaries,sociologicalinvestigations,bibliographicstudies,andconsiderationsofreligiouspracticeasanexpressionofBuddhism’sintegralreligiosity.Italsopresentsmaterialsonmodernintellectualhistoricalstudies,includingtheroleofBuddhistthoughta

8、ndscholarshipinacontemporary,criticalcontextandinthelightofcurrentsocialissues.Theseriesisexpansiveandi