Burma's mass lay meditation movement : Buddhism and the cultural construction of power / Ingrid Jordt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordt, Ingrid.

Series:

Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115.

Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism and politics--Burma.

Buddhism and politics.

Buddhism--Social aspects--Burma.

Buddhism.

Buddhist laymen--Burma.

Buddhist laymen.

Human rights movements--Burma.

Human rights movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960's, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassanā meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780896804579

0896804577

OCLC:

885123660