Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand - Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies - Justin Thomas McDaniel - Books - University of Washington Press - 9780295988481 - October 16, 2008
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Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand - Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies


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Examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, this title traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values.


384 pages, 28 illus.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 16, 2008
ISBN13 9780295988481
Publishers University of Washington Press
Pages 384
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 30 mm   ·   726 g
Language English  

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