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008 09-May-18s2008 Newa grp 000 0 eng
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082 0 0 _aS21
_bL579
100 _aLevine, Sarah
245 _aRebuilding Buddhism
_b The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal
260 _aNew Delhi
_bEsha Beteille
_c2008
300 _a377p
500 _aincludes index and biblioraphy
505 2 _a1 Introduction: The Origins of Modernist Buddhism 2 Theravada Missionaries in an Autocratic State 3 Creating a Tradition 4 Charisma and Education: Dhammawati and the Nuns` Order after 1963 5 The Changing Buddhist Laity 6 Organizing and Educating the Monastic Community 7 Raising the Status of Nuns: The Controversy over Bhikkhuni Ordination 8 Winds of Change: Meditation and Social Activism 9 Other Buddhist Revival Movements: Tibetan "Mahayana" and Newar "Vajrayana" 10 Conclusion: Nepal`s Theravadins in the Twenty-First Century
902 _bTFS
942 _cBK
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