Suchergebnisse

Phra Bang : venerating the Buddha image in Lao religious culture -- Asala Perahara : powers of the Buddha relic in Sri Lanka -- Upasampada and pabbajja : ordination in Thai Buddhist contexts -- Kathina : making merit in modern Myanmar (Burma) -- Pchum Ben : caring for the dead ritually in Cambodia

From ancient to early modern -- The colonial encounter -- Emerging identities

Powers of the place : Buddhism and the spirit cults of Muang Lao -- Interventions from afar: nonspiritual powers in place -- Questions of place: religious culture in a post-revolutionary space -- Commodities of the place: ritual expressions and the marketing of religious culture -- The spirit(s) of the place: Buddhists and contemporary Lao religion reconsidered -- App. 1. Transformations of the Ramayana -- App. 2. The cult of Khwan

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Translator's Note, by Hara Shintaro -- Preface, by Soraya Jamjuree -- Introduction, by John Clifford Holt -- This Land Is for You / Roshida Dao' with Rohani Chuenara -- Whose Security Is This? / Ropiah Samae with Pateemoh Yusoh -- Justice Should Be Fought For / Yaena Salamae with Soraya Jamjuree and Suraiya Wani -- A Mother's Hope / Masta Cheuma with Suraiya Wani -- Transition of Fear / Bunga Gantang with Asra Ratthakaran -- The Time Has Come for Me to Stand Up / Nada with Arida Awaekachi -- A Gray Memory / Saimah Che'nae with Khamnueng Chamnankij -- A Smile amid the Tears / Khluean Sang-amphai with Rusnee Kaseng -- Life after Liberation / Duangsuda Sang-amphai with Chitlada (Neelapaijit) Phiriyasat -- Still Smiling / Liam Chaibun with Duangsuda Sangamphai and Thanyathorn Saipanya -- A Mother Seeking Justice / Khamnueng Chamnankij -- I Am My Father's Blood / Arida Samoh -- Becoming a "Defendant" and Coming Back as a "Mr." / Al-Kahfi with Arida Awaekachi -- I Endure . . . This Is a Test / Burong Puteh with Sukkreeyah Bahe and Mullimah Sata -- I'm Fighting Because I've Done Nothing Wrong / Subaidah Doloh with Rohani Cuenara -- In the Middle of a Happy Forest / Phong Tae-iau with Marisa Sammahae and Thanyathorn Saipanya -- Living with Memory / Thitinob Komalnimi -- Recovering Kuching Lepah / Yakariya Sapae-ing with Soraya Jamjuree and Aishah Timung -- Suffering Has a Starting Point. I'm Waiting for Its End. / Saniyah with Khamnueng Chamnankij -- From the Standpoint of a Believer / Hasana Chelae with Amini Saidi -- Glossary -- About the Civic Women's Network -- Bibliography -- Index -- Series List.