Buddha in Sri Lanka : remembered yesterdays / Swarna Wickremeratne ; foreword by George D. Bond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wickremeratne, Swarna, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theravāda Buddhism--Sri Lanka--Customs and practices.

Theravāda Buddhism.

Religious life--Theravada Buddhism.

Religious life.

Sri Lanka--Religious life and customs.

Sri Lanka.

Wickremeratne, Swarna, 1939-.

Wickremeratne, Swarna.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : map

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book provides both an erudite and intimate look at how Buddhism is lived in Sri Lanka. While India is known as the birthplace of Buddhism, Sri Lanka is its other home; Buddhism extends back over twenty-five hundred years on the island and remains at the center of its spiritual traditions and culture. Throughout the book, author Swarna Wickremeratne incorporates a personal view, sharing stories of herself, her family, friends, and acquaintances as they "lived Buddhism" both during her Sri Lankan girlhood and during more recent times."--Jacket

Contents:

""BUDDHA IN SRI LANKA""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Terminology and Related Concepts""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Map""; ""1. Beginnings and Looking Beyond""; ""2. Growing Up in Sri Lankan Culture""; ""3. Festival of New Beginnings: The New Year""; ""4. Loving Worship and Loving Kindness""; ""5. Givers: Many Motives, Many Fruits""; ""6. Sri Lankan Buddhists and Their Rituals""; ""7. Reminiscences of Bana Preaching""; ""8. Buddhist Pilgrims� Progress""; ""9. Karma in Popular Buddhist Culture""; ""10. To Die Only to Be Reborn""; ""11. Death: Buddhist Ways and Other Ways""

""12. Bodhi Puja: All for the Sake of a Tree"" ""13. Pirit Chanting and the Holy Thread""; ""14. Sons of the Buddha""; ""15. Varieties in a Single Saffron Robe""; ""16. Quid Pro Quo Worship""; ""17. Many Gods, Many Altars""; ""18. God Kataragama""; ""Epilogue""; ""Glossary of Religious Terms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.

ISBN:

9780791481141

079148114X

9781429413565

1429413565

OCLC:

76821596