RT Book
T1 The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets: a study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism
T2 Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology
A1 Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja 1929-2014
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1984
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883376539
AB The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand. These saints originally pursued their salvation quest among the isolated villages of the country's periphery, but once recognized as holy men endowed with charisma, they became the radiating centres of a country-wide cult of amulets. The amulets, blessed by the saints, are avidly sought by royalty, ruling generals, intelligentsia and common folk alike for their alleged powers to influence the success of worldly transactions, whether political, economic, martial or romantic.
AB Introduction and manifesto -- The arahant and the path of meditation -- The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context, the politics of sectarianism -- The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma -- Conceptual and theoretical clarifications
OP 417
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BQ554
SN 9780511558177
K1 Buddhism : Thailand.
K1 Buddhist monks : Thailand.
K1 Buddhist cults : Thailand.
K1 Buddhist cults : Thailand
K1 Buddhist monks : Thailand
K1 Buddhism : Thailand
K1 Buddhismus
K1 Hagiografie
K1 Buddhism ; Thailand
K1 Buddhist monks ; Thailand
K1 Buddhist cults ; Thailand
K1 Thailand
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511558177