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This flexibility served the Buddhist "conquest" of Asia well and stimulated the growth of a massive religious institution with broad sociological diversity, extensive literature, philosophy, ritual, and considerable political power. The Chinese form of Mahayana later spread to Korea, Japan and Vietnam. 268p. This and other writings by Schopen are authoritative studies on social, economic, and doctrinal issues in Indian Buddhist monasticism. 2v. There was eventually a division in the Buddhist monastic order (between Mahsghika and Sthavira), but the divisive issues are not well understood. Montreal: Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies; Toronto: Museum for Textiles, 1994. 1993 79-92 Hamilton Asia BQ266 .B834 1993, Johnson, W.J. Moreover, wooden images of the Buddha dating from between the 2, Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest, The International Network of Focal Points for the Silk Roads Programme, Thematic Collection of the Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Roads, World Natural Heritage, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. Buddhism was also introduced at about this time in Sumatra, and by the 7th century the king of Srivijaya on the island of Sumatra was a Buddhist. 183p. 252p. Buddhism thrived in India for more than a millennium, reaching an expansive culmination in the Pala period in eastern India. The myth of the historical Buddha's life provides the basic model for Buddhist monasticism. In symbiosis with the laity, Buddhist monasticism has played a major role in the development of Buddhism in China. Some monasteries lent money and land rights, receiving interest income and payment in kind. 1998 273-295 Hamilton Asia Folio DS523 .E89 1996, Yang Sam (1987), Khmer Buddhism and politics from 1954 to 1984 / Newington, CT : Khmer Studies Institute, Hamilton Asia BQ466 .Y36 1987, Yi Thon (1998), The role of Buddhist wats and NGOs in environmental preservation in Cambodia In: Gyallay-Pap, Peter; Bottomley, Ruth, eds. In the 9th century a school of wall meditation was introduced by the Chinese monk Vo Ngon Thong. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 2001. The recitation of the threefold refuge formula that makes a person a Buddhist, either lay or monastic, enacts a pledge of taking refuge in the Buddha, the dharma (teaching), and the sangha; most commentaries imply that the three elements are equally important. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation; Foundation for Children, 1999. The Dhammakaya group has been much more successful at gathering a large popular following but has also become very controversial because of its distinctive meditation practices and questions concerning its care of financial contributions from its followers. The clergy was divided between those who were highborn and Sinicized and those in the lower ranks who often were active in peasant uprisings. A description of lay and monastic law in Tibet. Buddhism dogma was to a greater extent in favour of trade, and encouraged the commerce and the investment. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1995. 165-180 Hamilton Asia NX577 .A78 1991, Lancaster, Lewis R. (1982), Literary sources for a study of Barabudur, In: Gomez, Luis; Woodward, Hiram W. Jr., eds. The Buddhist monastic lifestyle grew out of the lifestyle of earlier sects . ; Nguyen Tai Thu, ed. Buddhism, the first Indian religion to require large communal and monastic spaces, inspired three types of architecture. Buddhist trends in Southeast Asia. Hamilton Asia BQ410. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. The chapter also explores that the pre-fifth century networks continued to have significant impact on the . Some of the most famous monastic scholars lived in the Gupta period, and monasteries were built throughout India on a grand scale with much political and social support. Statue of Buddha in Bodh Gaya, India Bodh Gaya is one of the most important historical sites in Buddhism. Richmond, Surrey, England: Curzon Press, 2001. Mendelson, Sangha and State in Burma: A Study of Monastic Sectarianism and Leadership, ed. Wealthy persons often willed their properties to monasteries or individual monks further increasing monastic holdings. Buddhist monks, however, were at least as important in this respect. Zysk, Kenneth. Still, Buddhist monks and nuns use the example of the Buddha's life story as a behavioral model. It is certain, however, that Buddhism reached these areas by the early centuries of the 1st millennium ce. The Daoist quest after the elixir of life, and its expression in cryptic and enigmatic poetry that is well known to, and generally misunderstood by, modern European and American readers, are in no way comparable to the supererogatory search of the monastics thus far discussed. (Horner, 19381966, vol. In the 20th century reform and modernization became more diversified and affected virtually all segments of the Thai Buddhist community. For issues specific to monastic architecture, see Pichard and Lagirarde 2003. ." 524p. The sequence, chronology, specific philosophical positions, and importance of the specific points are uncertain, but nonetheless the matters involved monastic life. Religion, ethnicity and modernity in Southeast Asia / Seoul : Seoul National University Press Hamilton Asia BL2050 .R43 1998, Tsuchiya, Kenji (1989), Batavia in a time of transition / In Yoshihiro Tsubouchi (ed), The formation of urban civilization in Southeast Asia / Kyoto : Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Hamilton Asia HT147.A785 F67 1989, Vijaya Samarawickrama. For instance, Buddhist monasteries started to set up along the developing trade routes, such as the road that was connecting, Moreover, these commercials exchanges contributed also to the improvement of the Buddhist monks situation. The corpus of Indian Buddhist ritual practices and philosophies grew as the order spread and encountered different environments, languages, and social structures. Since the 19th century the monastic Udasi order (founded by Nanaks elder son Siri Chand) has achieved a most successful rapprochement with Hindu elements. The Buddhist community's moderate asceticism and Middle Way doctrines were transmitted intact into an enormous variety of cultures, preserving monasticism as the constant, the vehicle and foundation necessary to reestablish itself in a foreign environment. Kingdoms in the southeast coast of the Indian Subcontinent had established trade, cultural and political relations with Southeast Asian kingdoms in Burma, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,Thailand, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula . Buddhism: a modern perspective. Later sectarian disputes and divisions likewise were over matters of the inviolability of received scriptures, doctrine, and discipline. ; Sumi, Tokan, eds. 101-124 Hamilton Asia Folio BQ6480 .B63 1988, Bunnag, Jane (1995), The way of the monk and the way of the world: Buddhism in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, In: Heinz, Bechert; Gombrich, Richard Francis, eds. By the 1100s C.E., Buddhism had declined mainly as a result of Muslim incursions. of Religious Affairs, Hamilton Asia BQ4990.B93 S3 1985, Schmidt, Amy (2003), Knee deep in grace : the extraordinary life and teachings of Dipa Ma, Lake Junaluska, NC : Present Perfect Books Kauai CC: General Collection BQ950.I63 S36 2003, Schober, Juliane (1997), In the presence of the Buddha: ritual veneration of the Burmese Mahamuni image, In: Schober, Juliane, ed. Bodhgaya: the site of enlightenment. A contextual approach to the function and meaning of Borobudur, IIAS [International Institute for Asian Studies] Yearbook (Leiden): 191-219, Legendre, Francoise (1981), Some decorative motifs at Tjandi Sewu, Central Java, Arts of Asia (Hong Kong) 11, no.5 (Sep-Oct 1981) 103-109, Lopez y Royo-Iyer, Alessandra (1991), Dance images of ancient Indonesian temples (Hindu-Buddhist period): the dance reliefs of Borobudur, Indonesia Circle (London) no.56 (Nov) 3-23, Mulder, Niels (1974), Saminism and Buddhism: a note on a field visit to a Samin community, Asia Quarterly (Brussels) no.3 : 253-258, Nihom, Max (1998), The Mandala of Candi Gumpung (Sumatra) and the Indo-Tibetan Vajrasekharatantra [Maura Jambi], Indo-Iranian Journal (The Hague) 41, no.3 (Jul) 245-254, Nilaknata Sastri, A.K. Society, Hamilton Asia BQ408 .S46 1994, Swearer, Donald K (1981), Buddhism and society in Southeast Asia, Chambersburg, Pa.: Anima Books, 82p. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, 1991. Scholarship has shown that the monastery and individual monks were involved in a broad range of economic activities and that some monasteries and monks became wealthy. Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 1996. (Sata-pitaka series, 364.) Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. 147-158 Hamilton Folio BQ4012 .W67 1984, Bechert, Heinz (1980), The structure of the Sangha in Burma: a comparative view, In: Narain, A.K., ed. Priesthood, article on Buddhist Priesthood; Sagha, overview article. A Japanese pilgrim, Saich (767822), brought Tendai monasticism to Mount Hiei near Kyto, Japan, where it has flourished ever since. 726-738 Honolulu CC Kapiolani CC Leeward CC BL80.2 .W68 1988, Lefferts, H. Leedom, Jr. (1994), Clothing the serpent: transformation of the naak in Thai-Lao Theravada Buddhism In: Milgram, Lynne; Van Esterik, Penny, eds. 2v. Buddhist Monastic Life. *After Buddhism was introduced in 3rd BCE, Buddhism became the . Southeast Asian Buddhist communities shaped and were shaped by religious and other cultural practices beyond the region. 1990 113-124; also in CONTRIB SE AS ETHNOL no.9 (Dec 1990) 113-124 Hamilton Asia GN635.A75 C66 no.9, de Casparis, J.G. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. 430p., 20p. 345p. In Tibet and elsewhere, for example, monasteries received regular payments from profits and percentages of commodities produced or sold. The Sikh monastic Nirmal-akhada and the quasi-monastic Nihang Sahibs came to terms with the overall Indian tendency to establish monastic traditions that express full-time involvement in redemptive practice. 380p. ; New York: Cambridge UP, 1988. Buddhism and Asian history. Ithaca, N.Y., 1995. What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World. 608p. Pub., 33-42 Hamilton Asia BQ266 .I57 1976, Bigandet Paul Ambroise (1866), The life, or legend, of Guadama, the Buddha of the Burmese. 1999 104-112 Hamilton Asia PL493 .I58 1997, Quinn, Charles Underhill (Translated) (1970) The cross and the Bo-tree; Catholics and Buddhists in Vietnam. 1998 77-86 Hamilton Asia Folio GE42 .T69 1998, Zago, Marcello (1976), Contemporary Khmer Buddhism, in Heinrich Dumoulin (ed) The Cultural, Political and Religious Significance of Buddhism in the Modern World, London: Collier Macmillan Publishers Hamilton BQ4015 .D8513, INDONESIA: JOURNAL ARTICLESAnonymous (1971), The Buddhasasana grows in Indonesia, Visakha Puja (Bangkok) (May) 58-61, Bechert, Heinz (1982-1983) Renaissance of Buddhism in Indonesia, Journal of the Department of Pali (Calcutta) 1: 24-30, Brown, Iem (1987), Contemporary Indonesian Buddhism and monotheism, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) 18, no.1 (Mar 1987) 108-117, Chandra, Lokesh (1979), Yogatantra Buddhism in Indonesia and its bearing on the Borobodur, Journal of the Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (Allahabad) 35, pts.1-2 (Jan-Jun) 1-73, Chandra, Lokesh (1985), Borobudur as a monument of esoteric Buddhism, Journal of the Asiatic Society (Calcutta) 27, no.4 : 22-77, Chandra, Lokesh; Singhal, Sudarshana Devi (1991), The Buddhist bronzes of Surocolo, Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies (Varanasi) 3, no.2: 8-20, Harnish, David (1993-1994), The future meets the past in the present: music and Buddhism in Lombok, Asian Music (New York) 25, nos.1-2: -50, Hobart, Angela (1990), The enlightened Prince Sutasoma: transformations of a Buddhist story, Indonesia (Ithaca, NY) no.49 (Apr) 75-102, Hose, G.F. (1880), The ruins of Boro Budur in Java, Journal of the Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic Society (Singapore) 6 (Dec) 203-223, 7p. In the monastic literature, whenever the Buddha prohibited an action and instituted a rule, he did so to please his disciples. Permanent endowments of land and tax rights; endowments of properties with guaranteed long-term agricultural, pastoral, or other income; rights to impose corve; and constant donations from the lay communities made some monks and monasteries extremely wealthy. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1989. Moreover, these commercials exchanges contributed also to the improvement of the Buddhist monks situation. It is known that Buddhist kingdoms had appeared in this region by the early centuries of the 1st millennium ce. Phnom Penh: The Buddhist Institute, 1998. The place of animism within popular Buddhism in Cambodia: the example of the monastery Asian folklore studies. The first dhyana (Zen; Vietnamese thien), or meditation, school was introduced by Vinitaruchi (Vinitaruci), an Indian monk who had gone to Vietnam from China in the 6th century. Tradition and modernity in Myanmar: proceedings of an international conference held in Berlin from May 7th to May 9th, 1993. (1990), Buddhist devotionalism in Burma, In: Kuppuram, G.; Kumudamani, K., eds. The vast majority of the citizens of Myanmar, a nation in southeast Asia, are Theravada Buddhists. Summary. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. Since the vows of the Buddhist monk in principle are not permanent, the theoretical emphasis on celibacy became academic in many parts of Asia. Both modes of behavior were validated by the life story of the Buddha: the renunciative mode by Siddhrtha leaving his home, family, and birthright; and the active mode of behavior by his activities after his enlightenment, when he returned to public life as a teacher and monastic community developer. The art and culture of South-East Asia. It demonstrates the reasons and methods of the initial spread of the doctrine within South Asia and from South Asia to Han and post-Han China. 44(2): 57-71, Quang Do (1974), A summary of the history of Vietnamese Buddhism, Van Hanh Bulletin (Saigon) 6, no.2 (Jun) 3-28, Soucy, Alexander (1996). Some monks continued the practice of strictly renunciative solitary retreats in sometimes remote areas, affirming the ancient eremitic roots of Buddhism, while others, often from the same monastery, were concerned with active monastery affairs, community academic studies, and ritual practicesa cenobitic lifestyle. (eds) Seoul : Seoul National University Press. The early councils and schisms were followed by modifications in later times and other places. Southeast Asian archaeology 1966: proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Leiden, 2-6 September 1996. There are some early literary collections, the Thergtha hymns, and later writings, but there were few women writers. (1988), Theravada Buddhism in South-East Asia, In: Sutherland, Stewart, ed. Payutto) on his 60th birthday anniversary. Although varying in scope and intensity across the region's defective democracies and military or one-party dominated regimes, significant and worrying developments related to surveillance, data collection, censorship, misinformation, and harassment can be Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India. Buddhist monasteries became centers for the production of an extensive literary corpus that was often translated into new host languages and subsequently expanded. (Religion, history, and culture.) In this respect, Buddhism practices changed on some aspects. Huxley, Andrew. 30-42 Hamilton Asia DS 527.9 .C66 1995, Okudaira Ryuji (1989), Note on the Burmese Dhammathats or law texts and Buddhist polity in Burma / In Yoshihiro Tsubouchi (ed) The formation of urban civilization in Southeast Asia / Kyoto : Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Hamilton Asia HT147.A785 F67 1989, 'On` So` (1972), Historical sites in Burma [Rangoon] Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BUDDHISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, *BRUNEI*BRUNEI: JOURNAL ARTICLESHarrisson, Tom (1955), Indian pioneers in Borneo: c.500 A.D. on Sarawak Museum Journal (Kuching) 6, no.6 (new series), no.21 (old series) (Dec) 511-517, 2p. By the late 13th century, the movement had spread to Thailand, where the Thai were gradually displacing the Mon as the dominant population. Some of the most renowned Buddhist monasteries in history were built in the Gupta period. 74-82 Hamilton Asia G156.5.H47 H475 1999, Mantra, Ida Bagoes (1991), The cult of Siva-Buddha, In: Lokesh Chandra, ed. //]]>. 366p. Religion, ethnicity and modernity in Southeast Asia / Seoul : Seoul National University Press Hamilton Asia BL2050 .R43 1998 . Munster: Lit, 1994. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Lanna Cultural Center, Rajabhat Institute Chiang Mai; Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2000. Dynamics of ethnic cultures across national boundaries in Southwestern China and Mainland Southeast Asia: relations, societies and languages. 165-183 Hamilton Asia BL1950.A785 C445 1993, Mohamed Yusoff Ismail (1993) Buddhism and ethnicity : social organization of a Buddhist temple in Kelantan / Singapore : ISEAS, Hamilton Asia BQ549.K35 M69 1993, Nagata, Judith (1995), Limits to the indigenisation of Buddhism in Malaysia, with a focus on the religious community in Penang, In: Rokiah Talib; Tan, Chee-Beng, eds. Buddhism in Southeast Asia Card 3 of 11 Early Buddhist History: The Councils According to Buddhist tradition, when the Buddha died (about 480 BCE), Mahakasyapa, one of his senior disciples, convened a council of 500 enlightened monks to determine how to go forward without their teacher. Davidson, Ronald M. Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement. Ethnic minoritiessuch as the Chin, Kachin, Karin, and Rohingyainclude significant populations of Christians and Muslims. 188p. 308p. Buddhism proposes a life of good thoughts, good intentions, and straight living, all with the ultimate aim of achieving nirvana, release from earthly existence. The power of Pagan Archaeology. Buddhist monasteries maintained the fundamental teachings and moderate ascetic lifestyle, but Buddhists soon elaborated on the basic doctrines and accommodated new ritual practices current in its own and in new host cultures. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"n0vrUsBciEQYLYPsPe62bNWEQIwXjzV.aAZyNTZpcwg-86400-0"}; In Southeast Asia the impact of Buddhism was felt in very different ways in three separate regions. The married monks of pre-20th-century Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and those of some of the Japanese Buddhist orders are conspicuous examples. However, the country has never officially recognized the monastic ordination of women, and bhikkhunis do not generally enjoy the same level of societal acceptance as their male counterparts. The transformative power of cloth in Southeast Asia. Toward an environmental ethic in Southeast Asia. Buddhist trends in Southeast Asia. Where China meets Southeast Asia: social & cultural change in the border regions. 566p. These, however, did not impede the growth of Buddhism; they instead signal how Buddhism adapted to different conditions and ideologies and grew larger as a result. Buddhist monastic rituals, vernacular religious forms (Shugend mountain cults, Shinto lineages), rituals of bodily transformation involving sexual. Buddhist authorities were soon faced with the problems of retreat conduct, and they needed an effective method to propagate the teachings during the retreat time, when monks and nuns did not wander. The main point is that, as Buddhist monasticism developed, there were disruptive forces in the community. Hull, England: Centre for South-East Asian Studies, University of Hull, 1998. 178-186 Hamilton BQ4012 .P73, Bechert, Heinz (1978), German studies of Buddhism in Southeast Asia In: Cultures in encounter: Germany and the Southeast Asian nations: a documentation of the ASEAN Cultural Week, Tubingen, Summer 1977. of Religious Affairs, Hamilton Asia BQ6160.B93 S37 1986, Sao Htun Hmat Win (1985), Basic principles of Burmese buddhism /Rangoon, Burma : Dept. Although Chan or Zen remains by far the best-known branch of Mahayana Buddhism, China evolved other major schools, many of which spread to Japan. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism 53. In the Mahayana tradition, the emphasis is less on nirvana and more on knowledge or wisdom, the mastery of which constitutes awakening. 253p. Monasteries were often civic institutions and served the needs of local communities, generating considerable political influence. 188p. In India monasticism survived and grew with local political support, especially under the Mauryan king Aoka (c. 269236 bce). These Buddhist wandering mendicants practiced firm renunciation of worldly concerns. After Buddha's death in the fourth century bce, his disciples held a meeting at Rjagha, which is historically regarded as the First Council. (Sata-pitaka series, 364.) Contemporary Laos: studies in the politics and society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Religion and politics became so closely related in this period that kings who sponsored building projects often took on nearly divine status. The Vinaya monastic literature records that early monks and nuns wandered from place to place, even through the rainy season. In the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, as in India, Buddhism gradually lost its hold during the first half of the 2nd millennium ce. Oxford, 1991. Throughout the 20th century, British colonial policy . Buddhism, and specifically the interests of Buddhist monasteries, became factors in national policymaking. Indeed, in addition to places for meditation and worship, monasteries were centers for the study and practice of medicine, for writing and building library collections, for Buddhist arts, for adjudicating community disputes, and in general for serving the needs of host communities. Classical civilisations of South East Asia: an anthology of articles published in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. According to the tradition, after the death of the great teacher the disciples gathered to collect and preserve his teachings. So far we have discussed the contiributino of Brahmin to the early transmission of Indian culture to southeast Asia. Fully developed Buddhist monasticism likely did not originate during the historical Buddha's lifetime. 161-169 Hamilton Asia BQ5400 .B84 1994, Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (1998), Buddhism and nature conservation, Bangkok, Thailand : Thammasat University Press, Hamilton Asia BQ4570 .N3 C43 1998, Christie, Anthony H. (1989), Buddhism in Southeast Asia: an anecdotal survey, In: Skorupski, Tadeusz, ed. The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet. Taylor, James (1998), The changing politico-religious landscape in modernizing Thailand : Buddhist monasticism, the state, and emergent religious hybridities, In Oh Myung-Seok, Kim Hyung-Jun (eds.) 393p. Nha Long (1990), The Khmer Buddhist calendar, Vietnamese Studies (Hanoi) no.27 79-80, Sahai, Sachchidanand (1997), The royal consecration (abhiseka) in ancient Cambodia, South East Asian Review (Bihar, India) 22, nos.1-2 (Jan-Dec) 1-10, Sarin, San (1998) Buddhism transformed: religious practices and institutional interplay in Cambodia, Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies (Varanasi) 10: 116-140, Thakur, Vijay Kumar (1983), From Mahayana to Hinayana: a study in Cambodian Buddhism, Journal of the Oriental Institute (Baroda) 33, nos.1-2 (Sep-Dec) 123-131. Translated from the French by Sara Webb-Boin. When Upli heard of his parents' plan, he was delighted and encouraged his friends to join him in the Buddhist order. Quezon City: Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Philippines, 1999. In Tang China (618907); Buddhism was persecuted, powerful Buddhist monasteries were secularized in Meiji Japan (18681912); and monasteries were targeted in Tibet in the modern period under Chinese rule. 47-83 Hamilton Asia DS338 .F78 2001, Ensink, Jacob (1978), Siva-Buddhism in Java and Bali, In: Bechert, Heinz, ed. This work includes much data on the context of monasticism in Pla India. of plates. Because Buddhist monasteries enjoyed popular support and often wielded political power, Buddhism was sometimes criticized and even persecuted or regulated by lay authorities. This book takes a major step in filling that gap, offering a broad overview of the subject that is relevant not only for the field of Cambodian studies, but also for students and scholars of Southeast Asian history, Buddhism, comparative religion, and anthropology. Buddhist monasteries enjoyed the extensive support and protection of political authorities, and in turn monasteries offered religious services, education, and public legitimization. Although some scholars locate the Suvarnabhumi (Land of Gold), to which Ashokan missionaries were supposedly sent, somewhere on the Malay Peninsula or in Indonesia, this is probably not accurate. In two of these (the region of Malaysia/Indonesia and the region on the mainland extending from Myanmar to southern Vietnam), the main connections have been with India and Sri Lanka via trade routes. Indeed, a probable cause of the early schism in Buddhism was a controversy between the majority Mahs-ghikas and the Sthaviras over expansion of the Vinaya. The galactic polities of Buddhist Southeast Asia . 304p. Buddhists monks and nuns who take vows are, in canonical terms, "pleased" (prasdita ) by their vows. The monastic discipline of the Buddhist clergy varies widely in the different parts of the Buddhist world. The arrival of the Western powers in the 19th century brought important changes. Their kings sponsored Buddhist monasteries that stretched from Afghanistan into Samarkand and through modern Pakistan. His practices were based on the belief in the existence and attainability of a transcendent reality, enlightenment more profoundly real, powerful, and blissful than the world as experienced in a nonenlightened state. Barabudur: history and significance of a Buddhist monument. 1-43 Hamilton Asia DS528.5 .M93 1999, Than Tun (1988), Essays on the history and Buddhism of Burma / edited by Paul Strachan Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland : Kiscadale Publications, Hamilton Asia DS529.2 .T473 1988, Stargardt, Janice (2001), The great silver reliquary from Sri Ksetra: the oldest Buddhist art in Burma and one of the world's oldest Pali inscriptions, In: Klokke, Marijke J.; Kooij, Karel R. van, eds. Nuns use the example of the Buddhist monastic rituals, vernacular religious forms Shugend... 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