Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words by Justin Thomas McDaniel

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. More books in the Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies Series Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words By Justin Thomas McDaniel. By looking at modern sermons, and even television programs and websites, he traces how pedagogical techniques found in premodern palm-leaf manuscripts are pervasive in modern education.Īs the first comprehensive study of monastic education in Thailand and Laos, Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words will appeal to a wide audience of scholars and students interested in religious studies, anthropology, social and intellectual history, and pedagogy. Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic. Incorporating both primary and secondary sources from Thailand and Laos, he examines premodern inscriptional, codicological, anthropological, art historical, ecclesiastical, royal, and French colonial records. In the Buddhas Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canonby Bodhi / Dalai. He depicts Buddhism as a series of overlapping processes, bringing fresh attention to the continuities of Theravada monastic communities that have endured despite regional and linguistic variations. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, Justin McDaniel traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. Justin McDaniel has spent many years examining the contents of monastic libraries in northern Thailand and Laos and studying the roles played by the texts therein in the lived experience of Buddhism in the region. Justin MCDANIEL Cited by 199 of University of Pennsylvania, PA (UP) Read 25 publications Contact Justin MCDANIEL.

Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies

Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words by Justin Thomas McDaniel