Vipassanā meditation and the monasticization of popular Buddhism in Thailand
While monastic identity and ascetic practices such as <i>vipassanā</i> meditation have historically been the preserve of monks, requiring full ordination and celibacy, in contemporary Thailand ‘monastic’ and ‘lay’ are not fixed or mutually exclusive categories: temporary ordination for s...
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University of Cambridge
2006
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597934 |