Entering the stream to enlightenment : experiences of the stages of the Buddhist path in contemporary Sri Lanka / Yuki Sirimane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sirimane, Yuki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious life--Theravāda Buddhism.

Religious life.

Theravāda Buddhism--Sri Lanka.

Theravāda Buddhism.

Sri Lanka.

Physical Description:

xxii, 343 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

This book is a study on the nature and effects of the Theravada Buddhist religious experiences of the four supramundane fruits of the Noble Eightfold Path-the experience of the fruit which is stream-entry, once returning, non-returning and Arahanthship - with special focus on the experience of stream-entry. It represents the first time within Theravada Buddhist studies that a serious textual study has been combined with a substantial field research. Despite disciplinary rules which virtually prohibit a monk with higher ordination from discussing their personal religious experiences, this book presents seven comprehensive anonymous interviews conducted mainly with forest monks on their meditative experiences. The study presents a definition for the 'supramundane fruit' of the path and an alternate framework to discuss and evaluate Theravada Buddhist religious experiences. It then uses this framework to address some longstanding debates around the Theravada path and its fruits thus bringing experience back to the centre stage of these debates. Book jacket.

Contents:

Noble persons and how to recognize one

Does the attainment of a supramundane fruit necessarily involve a specific experience?

Path, fetter-breaking-experience, and effect

Noble persons and the nature of their fetter-breaking-eexperience

The stream-enterer

An interview with a possible Arahant

The questionnaire used for the fieldwork and its rational

Interview synopses and analysis

Interview no. 1 (a sample interview).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781792049

9781781792032

1781792038

1781792046

OCLC:

922462688

Publisher Number:

99969920628