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The Buddha in the jungle / Kamala Tiyavanich.
Van Pelt Library BQ5160.T4 K36 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tiyavanich, Kamala, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Thailand--History--20th century.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhist monks--Thailand--20th century--Religious life and customs.
- Buddhist monks.
- Buddhism and social problems--Thailand--20th century.
- Buddhism and social problems.
- Asceticism--Buddhism--Thailand--20th century.
- Asceticism.
- Community development--Thailand--20th century.
- Community development.
- Asceticism--Buddhism.
- History.
- Thailand.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books ; Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Thai names and Romanization xx
- 1 The Palelai Buddha 1
- 2 A Stork in a Snare 11
- 3 A Muslim, His Goats, and a Bodhi Tree 17
- 4 Matsi, the Bodhisat's Wife 25
- 5 Midnight Visitors 33
- 6 When in Doubt, Do What Dogs Do 37
- 7 Dogs, Cats, and Birds 39
- 8 Paddle Your Own Canoe 45
- 9 A Dog Can Be a Bodhisat 52
- 10 Venerable Grandfather Egg 55
- 11 Two Legs Monastery 67
- 12 Idol or Guide? 75
- 13 Venerable Father Dark Eyes 79
- 14 Big Buddha, Tough Hunter 87
- 15 The Boatman and the Bandit Monk 92
- 16 Tending Water Buffaloes 97
- 17 Scarecrows and Baby-Sitters 105
- 18 Abbots and Bandits 113
- 19 Bandits and the Practice of Gratitude 119
- 20 An Elephant on a Rampage 131
- 21 How to Tame Elephants 141
- 22 A Bodhisat Elephant 157
- 23 Teaching Precepts to an Elephant 170
- 24 Lord Buddha and King Cobra 174
- 25 A Teak Wallah Meets Snakes 185
- 26 Snakes, Guns, and Guardian Spirits 193
- 27 Temple Boy and Spitting Cobra 201
- 28 Kill Insects, Clean Latrines 204
- 29 The Forest Cemetery at Wat Saket 217
- 30 Corpses and Carrion Eaters 229
- 31 The Oldest Midwife 236
- 32 Dhamma from Grandmothers 241
- 33 Tigers and Crocodiles 248
- 34 White-Robed Renunciants 253
- 35 Tap Tao Cave 262
- 36 Falling Mindfully 272
- 37 Meeting the Tiger in Silence 278
- 38 Sisterhood of the Yellow Robe 287
- 39 Jesus and the Future Buddha 296
- 40 The Compassionate Arahant 301
- 41 Ajan Inkhong, Master Painter 317
- 42 Medicine Monks 325
- 43 Backward or Enlightened? 338
- 44 The Green Buddha of the Grotto 357.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0295983728
- 974957527X
- OCLC:
- 53097079
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