Rithisen : Khmer Buddhist Research Center, Hamilton Asia DS 554.8 .B826 1986, Keyes, Charles F. (1994), Communist revolution and the Buddhist past in Cambodia In: Keyes, Charles F.; Kendall, Laurel; Hardacre, Helen, eds. (1995), A text book of the history of Theravada Buddhism / Delhi : Dept. (Sata-pitaka series, 364.) 188p. Buddhist monks, however, were at least as important in this respect. Some monks managed their own finances, and in some places a special lay office was established at monasteries to handle donations and finances for monks. Contemporary Laos: studies in the politics and society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. As time went on, Buddhist monasticism was fully integrated into societies in Southeast Asia and in Tang and, especially, Song China. 268p. 1999 1-13 Hamilton Asia DS528.5 .M93 1999, Hasson, Haskia (1993), Ancient Buddhist art from Burma / Bangkok : White Lotus, Hamilton Asia N8193.B93 H37 1993, Hla Pe (1985), Burma: literature, historiography, scholarship, language, life, and Buddhism Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Hamilton Asia DS527.9 .H57 1985, Karow, Otto (1991), Burmese Buddhist sculpture: the Johan Moger collection Bangkok: White Lotus, Hamilton Asia NB1012 .K37 1991, King, Winston L. (1993), Burma, In: Takeuchi Yoshinori. 2000 145-161 Hamilton Asia HF1604.Z4 I489 2000, Evans, Grant (ed) (1999), Laos : culture and society, Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books Hamilton Asia DS555.3 .L343 1999, Evans, Grant (1998), Secular fundamentalism and Buddhism in Laos / Religion, ethnicity and modernity in Southeast Asia / In Oh Myung-Seok, Kim Hyung-Jun. The Buddhist order was founded and based on metaphysical principles, but its functions were based on the truth of conventional operations in the world. In her translation of the Vinaya, Horner reports that "[t]he householder Anthapiika had dwelling places made, he had cells made, porches, attendance halls, fire halls, huts for what is allowable, privies, places for pacing, wells, halls at the wells, bathing halls, lotus ponds, etc. [P]eople were making repairs carefully, attending to the robes, almsfood, lodgings and medicines for the sick" (Horner, 19381966, vol. 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. Tiantai Buddhism, originating with Zhiyi (538597) at Mount Tiantai in China, aspired to incorporate other schools within a comprehensive vision. In one episode from the Pali Vinaya, translated by Isaline B. Horner in The Book of the Discipline, the parents of a young man named Upli were confused about how to educate, care for, and provide for the best interests of their beloved son: "By what means could Upli, after our demise, live at ease and not be in want?" Therefore, one would say that these installations were directly linked to the economic growth of these centres, where merchants and religious communities traded together buying goods, such as cloth or incense oil. Indeed, in twentieth-century Amdo, Northeast Tibet (modern Gansu province), the greater Labrang Monastery community supported women's monasteries even without full ordination. 2v. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Lanna Cultural Center, Rajabhat Institute Chiang Mai; Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2000. of plates. 72-79 Hamilton Asia BZ 911210.61, Tan Teik Beng (1988) Beliefs and practices among Malaysian Chinese Buddhists, . 85-108 Hamilton Asia BQ6343.B67 B37, Forman, Bedrich(1980), Borobudir; the Buddhist legend in stone, London: Octopus Books Hamilton Asia NA6026.6.B6 F67, Gomez, Luis; Woodward, Hiram W., Jr., eds. Schopen, Gregory. Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 1996. 253p. With the help of the monk Gunavarman and other Indian missionaries, Buddhism gained a firm foothold on Java well before the 5th century ce. Such lavish support brought merit to the wealthy and royal classes. Southeast Asian archaeology 1966: proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Leiden, 2-6 September 1996. Southeast Asian Buddhist communities shaped and were shaped by religious and other cultural practices beyond the region. 2v. (2001) Buddhism in South-East Asia: a cultural survey, Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications252p Hamilton Asia BQ408 .B83 2001, Amore, Roy C (1981), Have stories will travel: how Buddhism won the SoutheastIn: Hainsworth, Geoffrey B., et al., ed. of Buddhist Studies, University of Delhi, Hamilton Asia BQ7160 .T49 1995, Schecter, Jerrold L. (1967), The new face of Buddha; Buddhism and political power in southeast Asia New York, Coward-McCann Hamilton & Hamilton Asia BL1459.S7 S3, Somboon Suksamran (1993) Buddhism, political authority, and legitimacy in Thailand and Cambodia, In: Ling, Trevor, ed. 1.3 Political structures in Southern India *Sinhala Dynasties. Louvain, 1988. ; Nguyen Tai Thu, ed. (eds) Seoul : Seoul National University Press. (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica, no.140.) The two are eremitic asceticism, likely taken from the earliest years of the order, and cenobitic community life, in which monks and nuns are engaged with monastic brethren and lay society. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Religion, ethnicity and modernity in Southeast Asia / Seoul : Seoul National University Press Hamilton Asia BL2050 .R43 1998 . In these times there was extensive growth of Buddhist ritual, Mahyna philosophy, stra literature, and institutional expansion. According to Buddhist tradition, the order of monks and nuns was founded by Gautama Buddha during his lifetime between the fifth and fourth centuries BCE when he accepted a group of fellow renunciants as his followers. Buddhist Route Expedition. Cao Dai propounded an eclectic theology, with a pope and such heterogeneous patron saints as the 19th-century French novelist Victor Hugo, the World War II British prime minister Winston Churchill, and the Buddha. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1995. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. Starting shortly after the. 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. Southeast Asia: women, changing social structure and cultural continuity. The story of Anthapiika tells of support by wealthy merchants and kings, King Bimbisra in particular, who donated the Jeta Grove near Rjagha in Mgadha to the Buddha and his community of followers. Its survival and prosperity often depended on local political authorities, and it did indeed survive and prosper. *After Buddhism was introduced in 3rd BCE, Buddhism became the . Von Hinuber, Oskar. A key factor in the historical success of the Buddhist monastic institution was its ability to function together with political authorities. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Similarly, solitary or group pilgrimage to sacred sites, for example, was an accepted practice for Buddhist monks, as long as the monks stayed within the ethical and behavioral parameters. If Upli should learn calculation his breast will become painful. In Vietnam, the third region, the main connections have been with China. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 2001. Buddhism and revolution in Cambodia Cultural survival Quarterly. Encyclopedia of Religion. In many countries, moreover, women's ordination lineages did not survive. An equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. Barabudur: history and significance of a Buddhist monument. de Casparis. Dynamics of ethnic cultures across national boundaries in Southwestern China and Mainland Southeast Asia: relations, societies and languages. 178-198 Hamilton Asia BQ352 .B83, Fontein, Jan (2001), The sarira of Borobudur, In: Klokke, Marijke J.; Kooij, Karel R. van, eds. Hamilton Asia BQ410. Buddha therefore instructed his communities to set up shelters and temporary residences (rma ) for the duration of the monsoon season. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 0.1 percent The kingdom included all of northern India and was influential in Khotan, Yarkand, Kashgar, and further east. Leiden: Brill, 1980. The first example of Buddhism's adaptability to its cultural environment is in India itself. Society, Hamilton Asia BQ408 .S46 1994, Swearer, Donald K (1981), Buddhism and society in Southeast Asia, Chambersburg, Pa.: Anima Books, 82p. W67World of Music Hamilton Pacific ML1 .W596. Encyclopedia of Religion. (1990) Agama Buddha Maitreya: a modern Buddhist sect in Indonesia, In: Tan, Chee Beng, ed. The dynamics of change in an exiled pagoda: Vietnamese Buddhism in Montreal Canberra anthropology. "Monasticism: Buddhist Monasticism About a dozen orders are repudiated as heretical and are accused of using religious pretexts to indulge in antisocial behaviour. Takatani, M (1982). (1990), Candi Jago: a Javanese interpretation of the wheel of existence?, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (Sydney) 24 (Win 1990) 23-85, O'Connor, Stanley J. Fruits of inspiration: studies in honour of Prof. J.G. The Sthaviras evidently saw a need to expand the Vinaya to meet changing conditions. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. This work includes much data on the context of monasticism in Pla India. 808-956-7203 (Circulation), Library Digital Collections Disclaimer and Copyright information, https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/sea, The House and the World: Architecture of Asia, equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. The Vinaya monastic literature records that early monks and nuns wandered from place to place, even through the rainy season. 183p. (Religion, history, and culture.) In Southeast Asia the impact of Buddhism was felt in very different ways in three separate regions. The chief object of Daoism, however, is not redemption or salvation, at least as those goals are interpreted in other scripturally based religions. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1981. *Sri Lanka was not ruled as a unified island. 36 (Sep 7) 64-65, Condominas, Georges (1999) Folk Bouddhism [sic] in Lao rural environment South East Asian Review (Bihar, India) 24, nos.1-2 : 21-52, Ladwig, Patrice (2002), The mimetic representation of the dead and social space among the Buddhist Lao, Tai Culture: International Review on Tai Cultural Studies (Berlin) 7, no.2 (Dec) 120-134, Ladwig, Patrice (2000) Relics, 'representation' and power: some remarks on stupas containing relics of the Buddha in Laos, Tai Culture: International Review on Tai Cultural Studies (Berlin) 5, no.1 (Jun) 70-84, Penny, Benjamin (1996), Buddhism and Daoism in The 180 Precepts Spoken by Lord Lao, Taoist Resources (Bloomington, IN) 6, no.2 (Aug) 1-16, Sithiphorn Na Nakhorn Phanom (1998), Phajaa naak: the creator and the destroyer, Tai Culture: International Review on Tai Cultural Studies (Berlin) 3, no.2 (Dec) 119-136, Stuart-Fox, Martin (1983), Marxism and Theravada Buddhism: the legitimation of political authority in Laos, Pacific Affairs (Vancouver, B.C.) 2550 McCarthy Mall Stuttgart: Institut f&r Auslandsbeziehungen, 1978. For most beings, nirvana lies in the distant future, because Buddhism, like other faiths of India, believes in a cycle of rebirth. Sayyid Bin Abu Ali, a True Representative of Intercultural Relations along the Maritime Silk Roads, Mapping and Compilation of the World Maps along the Silk Roads, The Interconnections between Portuguese and Malay languages, Oman region, a Hub on the Maritime Trade Routes, Interactions between Indian Subcontinent and Western Land during Roman Empire, UNESCO applies a zero tolerance policy against all forms of harassment, Building peace in the minds of men and women, Stupas and Statue of Buddha at Borobudur Temple, Yogjakarta Indonesia Amnat Phutthamrong / Shutterstock.com, In this respect, Buddhism practices changed on some aspects. Even after the Chinese had been driven back, a Chinese-like bureaucracy closely supervised the Vietnamese monasteries. (1994), Authority and freedom of action in the (Burmese) Buddhist tradition, In: Gartner, Uta; Lorenz, Jens, eds. 178p. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1989. Founded in 1926 in opposition to French colonial rule, they maintained a military organization and their own army regulars from 1943 to the mid-1950s. Groningen, Netherlands: Egbert Forsten, 2001. In Tibet, for example, where there was no lineage for full ordination, there were nonetheless many nunneries. Since the vows of the Buddhist monk in principle are not permanent, the theoretical emphasis on celibacy became academic in many parts of Asia. For example, Burmese monastic leaders produced, implemented, and preserved a fully developed lay legal system based on Buddhist law. (1941), Sri Vijaya, Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient (Paris) 40, no.2 : 239-313, O'Brien, K.P. I thank the organizers and members of the audience for their feedback. Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. These controversies and resolutions were sometimes recorded in detail and sometimes not, with the result that there is a huge body of often fragmented information about early Buddhist monasticism recorded and transmitted out of its original contexts. Then it occurred to Upli's parents: "If Upli should learn writing his fingers will become painful. Each country's circumstances are unique, but in Myanmar, a country with deep Buddhist roots, it is a legal offence for women to ordain as a bhikkhuni, and punishable by imprisonment. A dated but useful reference for the history of the Buddhist order. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Choulean Ang (1988). Monasticism, and its special relationship with political authority, was present in all of its support cultures. 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. Phnom Penh: The Buddhist Institute, 1998. Kaiska, the best known of the Ka kings, supported Buddhist monasticism. Political turmoil and the revival of Buddhism in Cambodia [Japanese] Southeast Asian studies. Women most often did not have access to monastic education. John P. Ferguson (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975); Emanuel Sarkisyanz, Buddhist Backgrounds of the . 135-155 Hamilton Asia DS338 .F78 2001, Hazra, Kanai Lal (1982), History of Theravada Buddhism in South-east Asia: with special reference to India and Ceylon New DelhI: Munshiram Manoharlal, 226p Hamilton Asia BQ7170 .H38 1982, Hazra, Kanai Lal (1986), The Buddhist annals and chronicles of South-East Asia, New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 123p Hamilton Asia BQ280 .H39 1986, Holt, John Clifford, Jacob N. Kinnard, Jonathan S. Walters (eds) (2003), Constituting communities : Theravada Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia /Albany : State University of New York Press Hamilton Asia BQ4570.S6 C66 2003, Kammerer, Cornelia Ann; Tannenbaum, Nicola, eds. Monasteries were often civic institutions and served the needs of local communities, generating considerable political influence. Lamotte, tienne. Notably thanks to the Buddhist concept of Dna (generosity), which encouraged receiving contributions from the merchants and other actors of trade along the Silk Roads. The art and culture of South-East Asia. Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 1996. 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. 21-30 September 1995. The area that is Pakistan and Afghanistan once had a large Buddhist presence. The corpus of Indian Buddhist ritual practices and philosophies grew as the order spread and encountered different environments, languages, and social structures. ; Sumi, Tokan, eds. Cao Dai survives at its monastery-fortress headquarters at Tay Ninh northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. 14-30 Hamilton Asia Folio GE42 .T69 1998, Gombrich, Richard F. (1989), Buddhist cultic life in Southeast Asia, In: Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo; Cummings, Mark D., eds. 120 pp 5-31, Hayami, Yoko (1992). A third major Zen school was established in the 11th century by the Chinese monk Thao Durong. 374p. One of the flashpoints shaping the future of Buddhism is the place and progress of women in Theravada Buddhism, the dominant Vehicle in Southeast Asia. Hull, England: Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hull, 1998. The Shailendra dynasty, which ruled over the Malay Peninsula and a large section of Indonesia from the 7th century to the 9th century, promoted the Mahayana and Tantric forms of Buddhism. Bodhgaya: the site of enlightenment. 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. 156p + plates. Oxford, 1991. Fruits of inspiration: studies in honour of Prof. J.G. Priesthood, article on Buddhist Priesthood, https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/monasticism-buddhist-monasticism, Politics and Religion: Politics and Buddhism. Aforementioned examples could help to see how the active trade networks and the increase of the monastic system in the Indian Subcontinent permitted both the expansion of Buddhism towards the east, and also reinforced the cultural interactions between the people living along the Silk Roads. These forms of Hinayana were later combined with Mahayana aspects that came through this same route from India, with the Mahayana eventually becoming the dominant form of Buddhism in China and most of Central Asia. (1990), Art history and central Javanese Buddhism--c. 800-c.1000 A.D.: In: Kuppuram, G.; Kumudamani, K., eds. The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet. Buddhism in early 21st-century Southeast Asia is often described as Theravada Buddhism, in contrast to Mahayana Buddhism found farther to the north and east. Classical civilisations of South East Asia: an anthology of articles published in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Direct involvement in lay legal matters on all social levels shows further that monasteries and lay political, social, economic, and legal institutions interacted closely in symbiotic relationships. (1982), Observations of the role of the Gandavyuha in the design of Barabudur, In: Gomez, Luis; Woodward, Hiram W. Jr., eds. : power-protection and Buddhism in Shan worldview Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies, Hamilton Asia BL2077 .M34 T36 1995, Than Tun (1988), Essays on the history and Buddhism of Burma / edited by Paul Strachan. 23 Feb. 2023 . 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 . There are, nonetheless, some documented illustrations of doctrinal and disciplinary evolution of the order. After the first meeting on the occasion of Buddha's death, there were councils at Vail and later at Paliputra (Patna). 366p. This apparent duality of active behavior and renunciative behavior, even in the context of settled monastic life, is one of the characteristics of Buddhist monastic behavior that continues throughout the history of the institution in many if not all its manifestations. The complex of religious beliefs and philosophical ideas that has developed out of the teachings of the Buddha (Sanskrit, "the Enli, Laity The world's religions. 2 (1997): 3386. "Monasticism: Buddhist Monasticism 297-306 Hamilton Asia BQ4570 .S6 S65 1999, Brown, Robert L. (1988), Bodhgaya and South-East Asia, In: Leoshko, Janice, ed. (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series no.207) 68-80 Hamilton Asia BQ408 .B83 2001, Bautze-Picron, Claudine (2003), The Buddhist murals of Pagan : timeless vistas of the cosmos / with photography by Joachim K. Bautze. In Northeast India where Tibeto-Burmese (Naga people) and Austro-Asiatic people (Munda, Khasi) of India adopted these new religious traditions while integrating their own tradition into their new . 1011). The recitation meetings were not a Buddhist innovation; other Indian religious groups kept the ancient Vedic tradition of meeting on the days of the full and new moon, a practice common to religions of that era, Buddhist and non-Buddhist. With the suppression of the pro-democracy movement in the late 1980s, the countrys military rulers used their support of a very traditional form of Buddhism to legitimize their highly repressive regime. Hull, England: Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hull, 1998. Retrieved February 23, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/monasticism-buddhist-monasticism. In the late 12th and early 13th centuries, however, the Buddhist King Jayavarman VII built a new capital called Angkor Thom that was dominated by both Mahayana and Vajrayana monuments, which represent one of the high points of Buddhist architecture. Wealthy persons often willed their properties to monasteries or individual monks further increasing monastic holdings. 1 (1995): 745. 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. Tantrism, Daoism, and Confucianism also filtered into Vietnam at this time. 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 process of institutional development can be seen in recorded events. In later northern Buddhism (i.e., Mahayana), the role of the historical Buddha was reduced, and the order (sangha) acquired an even more exalted position. 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The sequence, chronology, specific philosophical positions, and importance of the specific points are uncertain, but nonetheless the matters involved monastic life. Monastic life. 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. The ways to neibban, and Notice on the phongyies, or Burmese monks Rangoon, American Mission Press Hamilton BL1445.B95 B5, Bisch, Jorgen (1997), A Dane becomes a novice monk, In: Abbott, Gerry, ed. 1995 307-345 Hamilton Asia HN700.6 .A8 D55 1995, Nagata, Judith (2001), World religions as a source of power among Chinese women in Malaysia, In: Armstrong, M. Jocelyn; Armstrong, R. Warwick; Mulliner, Kent, eds. Heritage, tourism and local communities. Southeast Asian archaeology 1994: proceedings of the 5th international conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Paris, 24th-28th October 1994. Besides, archaeological findings in Beikthano situated in the western regions of modern Myanmar revealed a Buddhist stupa (Buddhist monument) having similarities with a stupa in Amaravathi in the eastern coasts of the Indian Subcontinent. of plates Hamilton Asia DS338 .F78 2001, Tannenbaum, Nicola (1995), Who can compete against the world? (February 23, 2023). After the fall of the Mauryas, Buddhism continued to develop with government support from central Asian kingdoms. Two sections of the Vinaya deal with the realities of feeding, housing, and occupying itinerant Buddhist monks and nuns during the four-month Indian monsoon season. Buddhism (1995), Borobudur: a Mandala? Delhi, 1981. In Religion, Law, and Tradition: Comparative Studies in Religious Law, edited by Andrew Huxley, pp. New Delhi: S. Chand, 1983. Moreover, since the late 19th century, monks in many Japanese traditions have been permitted to marry, and major Japanese temples now house married monastics. Prince Siddhrtha Gautama went, in Buddhist language, on the "Middle Way," a life of moderate asceticism, between lay life and extreme asceticism. Tradition and modernity in Myanmar: proceedings of an international conference held in Berlin from May 7th to May 9th, 1993. Buddhist monasteries became centers for the production of an extensive literary corpus that was often translated into new host languages and subsequently expanded. 2v. Two characteristic features of Buddhism enabled it to make a specific impact on southeast Asia, First Buddhist were imbued with a atrong missionary zeal, and . However, it is also true that women in Asian Buddhist cultures had extensive and important roles in local communities in addition to positive, historical human and divine role models. Buddhism, like most Indian systems of thought, sees the world as a realm of transmigration, or reincarnation ( samsara ), from which one may escape by attaining nirvana. Rather loosely joined together, Vietnamese Buddhists managed to preserve their traditions through the period of French colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries. of Anthropology, 1990. Tun (1984), The Buddha's Footprints in Burma, Journal of Asian and African Studies = Ajia Afurika gengo bunka kenkyu (Tokyo) , no.28, (1984), 119-137, Wijeyewardene, Gehan (1987) The Theravada compact and the Karen Sojourn: Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Singapore) 2, no.1 (Feb) 31-54, Win Pe (1978), The intellect in Buddhism, Guardian (Rangoon) , 25 (Nov), 21-24, Woodward, Mark R. (1988), When one wheel stops: Theravada Buddhism and the British Raj in upper Burma, Crossroads (DeKalb, IL) , 4, no.1 (Fall, 1988), 57-90, Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe (2000), The orientalizing of Burmese politics? On the contrary, the cultures that arose in these three vast areas might better be thought of as alternative developments that occurred within a greater Austroasiatic civilization, sometimes called the Asia of the monsoons. Some scholars believe that Daoism may have come under Indian influences, because it originated in the southwestern parts of China. *Sinhala monarchies refers to the kings of Sri Lanka. 1989 55-69 Hamilton Asia BQ100 .B78 1989, De Silva, Padmiri (1998), Buddhist perspectives on the environmental crisis: comprehending the malady and exploring a remedy In: Gyallay-Pap, Peter; Bottomley, Ruth, eds. Horner, Isaline B., trans. 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. 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