Burmese Buddhism
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Buddhism in Myanmar historically and today.
Caution! Under Construction
Please be aware that this tag is still under construction and as such is missing information and may be changed or removed at any time. For all the content under consideration for this tag, see the “Burmese Buddhism” folder on Google Drive.
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The religious courts that try these cases have the backing of state law enforcement agencies: failure to comply with their judgements is punishable by imprisonment. A guilty verdict has been passed in all seventeen cases to date. There is no opportunity of appeal.
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Known in Burmese as the weikza-lam or ‘Path of Esoteric Knowledge,’ this tradition has as its goal not the termination of saṃsāric life as an arahant, but rather its indefi nite prolongation through the attainment of virtual immortality
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Field-based observations on the young charismatic Phu Taki and his community, as well as on the practice of pagoda worship called Duwae
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There is a contradiction between the spiritual worthiness felt by thilá-shin themselves and the mundane degradation to which they are subject.
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Anthropologists and religious scholars have long debated the relationship between doctrinal Theravada Buddhism, so-called ‘animism’, and other folk practices in southeast Asian societies. A variety of models of this relationship have been proposed on the basis of ethnographic evidence. We provide the first psychometric and quantitative evaluation of these competing models, using a new scale developed for this purpose, the Burmese Buddhist Religiosity Scale.
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A description of some Pāli texts found inscribed on gold in an old Burmese stupa which demonstrate the care with which the Pāli tradition has been preserved even during the early medieval period.
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social welfare activities conducted by nuns in Myanmar enhance their social and religious capital
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A short video on the girls who shave their heads to escape war.
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