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Theravada Buddhism - A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Theravada Buddhism - A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
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Theravada Buddhism is widely recognized as the classic introduction
to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South
East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in about the
fifth-century BC. He claimed that human beings are responsible for
their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life,
establishing a monastic Order to enable men and women to pursue
that ideal. For most of its history the fortunes of Theravada, the
most conservative form of Buddhism, have been identified with those
of that Order. Under the great Indian emperor, Asoka, himself a
Buddhist, Theravada reached Sri Lanka in about 250 BC. There it
became the religion of the Sinhala state, and from there it spread,
much later, to Burma and Thailand.
Richard Gombrich, the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, has
updated his text and bibliographies to take account of recent
research, including the controversies of the date of the Buddha and
recent social and political developments in Sri Lanka.. He explores
the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and
religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed
throughout history. Above all, he shows how it has always
influenced and been influenced by its social surroundings in a way
which continues to this day.
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