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Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition I. PROLOGUE 1. Theravada Buddhism: An Anthropological Problem  Introduction  The Problem: The Uniqueness of Buddhism  The Problem Confounded: The Three Systems of Theravada Buddhism  Field Work: The Burmese Setting  Field Work: The Buddhist Setting  Field Work: The Research Problems and the Data  Some Problems in Interpretation  II. BUDDHISM AS AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM 2. Nibbanic Buddhism: A Religion of Radical Salvation  The Founder: The Buddha  The Promise: Deliverance from Suffering  The Technique: The Buddhist Path  The Goal: Nirvana  The Personal Ideal: The Arahant  The Social Ideal: World Renunciation  3. Kammatic Buddhism: I. A Religion of Proximate Salvation  The Shift in the Soteriological Goal  The Normative Basis for Kammatic Buddhism  The Psychological Basis for Kammatic Buddhism  The Shift in the Conception of Dukkha  The Shift in the Conception of Nirvana  The Shift in the Conception of Anattii  4. Kammatic Buddhism: II. The Central Concept of Merit  From Salvation Through Knowledge to Salvation Through Works  Means for Acquiring Merit: Morality  Means for Acquiring Merit: Giving  The Motivational Salience of Merit  A Note on Children  5. Kammatic Buddhism: III. The Key Doctrine of Karma  The Metaphysics of Karma  Psychological Press and the Neutralization of Karma  Merit Transfer and Karma  The Dynamics of Belief in Karma  6. Apotropaic Buddhism: A Religion of Magical Protection  Introduction  Psychological Press and the Reinterpretation of Normative Doctrine  The Canonical Basis for Apotropaic Buddhism  The "Theological" Basis for Apotropaic Buddhism  The Problem of Karma  Religion, Magic, and Buddhism  7. Esoteric Buddhism: A Religion of Chiliastic Expectations  The Major Features of Esoteric Buddhism  Eschatological Buddhism  Millennial Buddhism  Motives and Functions of Belief  Esoteric Buddhism and Burmese Religion  III. BUDDHISM AS A RITUAL SYSTEM 8. The Buddhist Cultus: Its Generic Attributes  A Typology of Ritual Action  Ritual Types and Buddhist Ideological Types  A Note on Children  The Forms of Buddhist Ritual Action  Objects of Ritual Veneration  A Cultic Typology and a Classification of the Buddhist Cultus  9. The Ceremonial Cycle: I. Calendrical Rituals  The Daily Cycle  The Weekly and Monthly Cycles  The Annual Cycle  10. The Ceremonial Cycle: II. Life-Cycle Rituals  Introduction  Buddhist Initiation  Death and Burial  11. Crisis Rituals  Causes and Occasions of Crisis  The Use of Buddhist Sacra  The Use of Buddhist Spells  The Use of Dana  The Use of Meditation Non-Buddhist Magic  IV. BUDDHISM AS A MONASTIC SYSTEM 12. Monasticism: I. The Normative Structure  The Monk as Religious Virtuoso  The Function of Monasticism  The Rule  13. Monasticism: II. The Social Structure  The Daily Routine  The Structure of the Monastery  The Structure of the Order  14. The Monk: I. Recruitment Structure  Introduction  The Sociological Background  Countervailing Influences Some Motivational Bases for Recruitment: Conscious  Some Motivational Bases for Recruitment: Unconscious  15. The Monk: IL Character Structure  Persistent Characteristics of the "Worldling"  Intellectual Level  Monastic Morality  The Moral State of the Sangha  16. The Sangha and the State  Introduction  Church and State in Early Buddhism  Church and State in Burmese History Church and State in Contemporary Burma The Political Culture of the Contemporary Burmese Sangha 17. The Status of the Monkhood in Burmese Society Veneration of the Monkhood The Bases for Veneration: Expressive The Bases for Veneration: Instrumental Ambivalence and Hostility to the Monkhood Conflict Between Laymen and Monks V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD 18. Buddhism and the World: A Critique The Problem Nibbanic Buddhism and the World The Intention of the Present Analysis 19. Buddhism and Burmese Society Buddhist Weltanschauung and the Burmese Social System Buddhist Soteriology and the Burmese Economy Buddhist Affiliation and Burmese Social Integration Appendix: On the Burmese Romanization References Cited Index

The Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book interprets Buddhism in the light of some theories about religion.

Buddhism and society : a great tradition and its Burmese vicissitudes