文档介绍：munities
SUNY series in Buddhist Studies
Matthew Kapstein, Editor
CONSTITUTING
COMMUNITIES
Theravada Buddhism and
the Religious Cultures of
South and Southeast Asia
John Clifford Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard,
Jonathan S. Walters
Editors
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
munities : Theravada Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and
Southeast Asia / edited by John Clifford Hold, Jacob N. Kinnard and Jonathon S. Walters.
p. cm.—(SUNY series in Buddhist studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-5691-9 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7914-5692-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Buddhism—Social aspects—Asia, Southeastern. 2. Buddhism—Social aspects—South
Asia. 3. Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) 4. Theravada—Buddhism—History—20th-
century. I. Holt, John, 1948– II. Kinnard, Jacob N. III. Walters, Jonathan S. IV. Series.
C66 2003
'91'095—dc21
2002075877
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This book
is inspirited by and dedicated to
Frank E. Reynolds
Contents
Introduction 1
John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard
munal Karma and munity in Theravada
Buddhist History 9
Jonathan S. Walters
Two Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship: The Legend of
Asandhimitta 41
John S. Strong