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291Abel (Brig. Gen.), Tuesday Club, 116Abhidhamma principles, 51, 54, 64adeik(prediction), 33adeik-htan(resolves), 64akon pyet-thwa-naing de, 24alchemy (eggiyat), 159, 160Alon, 107Amarapura, 76, 208Amei Khwei, 73a-na(authority), 135anägämï(third-stage enlightenment), 42, 58anattä(everything is without substance), 42,54, 56Anauk Medaw, 141,142,152Anawratha (king), 66–68, 70, 73, 81, 82–85,88, 126, 140, 147; institutes Buddhistkingship, 140Angulimala, 151,151anicca(everything changes), 42, 54animists: attempts to convert to Buddhism, 4,120; origin of Bo Bo Gyi, 98, 102Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League(AFPFL), 152arahat(sainthood), 42, 48, 58–59, 106, 111Arakan state, 239Aris, Michael, 124, 137ariya-puggala(stage of holiness), 48, 49ariya sangha(True Community of HolyDisciples), 43, 48Army of God cult, 257Asian influences, 2, 16, 17, 28, 219, 229;Straits Times(Singapore), 181Asoka, 131Asokan model, 63, 122astrology (bedin),155, 159, 161, 162, 169,171; Astrology Council, 169–170; key torumors, 163–165;ponna,256, 269;yadaya,155, 165, 172Athanadiya, 172Athi Brahma, 142Aung Cheint, 188Aung San (Gen.), 123, 133, 134, 136; and BoBo Aung, 140; and democracy, 229–230;as leader of AFPFL, 140, 152; politicalcreed, 139Aung San Suu Kyi: “Angel [Nat] of UniversityAvenue,” 140; as “Byamma’s Head,”141–142; charisma, 123, 128; on democ-racy, 145, 151; education, 123; housearrest, 6, 113, 123, 136;Letters fromBurma, 13, 126, 131, 146; liberation the-ology, 127, 131–132, 137–138; marriage,124; meditation, 123–124, 137–138, 145;“Mother of the West” (Anauk Medaw),141; name, 163–164; names not to bementioned, 179; Nobel Peace Prize, 123,157; nonviolent civil resistance,123–124, 129; perceptions of foreigners,143–144, 145; personality cult, 13–14,123, 128, 133–152 passim,145; rumorsabout, 13, 141–142; second struggle forindependence, 116; socially engagedstyle of Buddhism, 114, 123–128, 138;statements, 123–127, 137, 138–139, 145,IndexPage numbers in boldfacerefer to illustrations.Abbreviations: AFPFL—Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League; BSPP—Burma Socialist Pro-gramme Party; NLD—National League for Democracy; SLORC—State Law and OrderRestoration Council; SPDC—State Peace and Development Council
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291Abel (Brig. Gen.), Tuesday Club, 116Abhidhamma principles, 51, 54, 64adeik(prediction), 33adeik-htan(resolves), 64akon pyet-thwa-naing de, 24alchemy (eggiyat), 159, 160Alon, 107Amarapura, 76, 208Amei Khwei, 73a-na(authority), 135anägämï(third-stage enlightenment), 42, 58anattä(everything is without substance), 42,54, 56Anauk Medaw, 141,142,152Anawratha (king), 66–68, 70, 73, 81, 82–85,88, 126, 140, 147; institutes Buddhistkingship, 140Angulimala, 151,151anicca(everything changes), 42, 54animists: attempts to convert to Buddhism, 4,120; origin of Bo Bo Gyi, 98, 102Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League(AFPFL), 152arahat(sainthood), 42, 48, 58–59, 106, 111Arakan state, 239Aris, Michael, 124, 137ariya-puggala(stage of holiness), 48, 49ariya sangha(True Community of HolyDisciples), 43, 48Army of God cult, 257Asian influences, 2, 16, 17, 28, 219, 229;Straits Times(Singapore), 181Asoka, 131Asokan model, 63, 122astrology (bedin),155, 159, 161, 162, 169,171; Astrology Council, 169–170; key torumors, 163–165;ponna,256, 269;yadaya,155, 165, 172Athanadiya, 172Athi Brahma, 142Aung Cheint, 188Aung San (Gen.), 123, 133, 134, 136; and BoBo Aung, 140; and democracy, 229–230;as leader of AFPFL, 140, 152; politicalcreed, 139Aung San Suu Kyi: “Angel [Nat] of UniversityAvenue,” 140; as “Byamma’s Head,”141–142; charisma, 123, 128; on democ-racy, 145, 151; education, 123; housearrest, 6, 113, 123, 136;Letters fromBurma, 13, 126, 131, 146; liberation the-ology, 127, 131–132, 137–138; marriage,124; meditation, 123–124, 137–138, 145;“Mother of the West” (Anauk Medaw),141; name, 163–164; names not to bementioned, 179; Nobel Peace Prize, 123,157; nonviolent civil resistance,123–124, 129; perceptions of foreigners,143–144, 145; personality cult, 13–14,123, 128, 133–152 passim,145; rumorsabout, 13, 141–142; second struggle forindependence, 116; socially engagedstyle of Buddhism, 114, 123–128, 138;statements, 123–127, 137, 138–139, 145,IndexPage numbers in boldfacerefer to illustrations.Abbreviations: AFPFL—Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League; BSPP—Burma Socialist Pro-gramme Party; NLD—National League for Democracy; SLORC—State Law and OrderRestoration Council; SPDC—State Peace and Development Council
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. 1. Introduction: Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century 1
  5. Part 1: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, and Economics
  6. 2. The Cheaters: Journey to the Land of the Lottery 19
  7. 3. Women’s Practices of Renunciation in the Age of Sāsana Revival 41
  8. 4. The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords 65
  9. 5. Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi 90
  10. Part 2: Political and Moral Legitimation
  11. 6. Buddhist Visions of Moral Authority and Modernity in Burma 113
  12. 7. Sacralizing or Demonizing Democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi’s “Personality Cult” 133
  13. 8. The Chicken and the Scorpion: Rumor, Counternarratives, and the Political Uses of Buddhism 154
  14. Part 3: Public Performance
  15. 9. Writing in a Crazy Way: Literary Life in Contemporary Urban Burma 175
  16. 10. “But Princes Jump!”: Performing Masculinity in Mandalay 206
  17. 11. Who’s Performing What? State Patronage and the Transformation of Burmese Music 229
  18. Part 4: The Domestic Domain
  19. 12. The Future of Burma: Children Are Like Jewels 249
  20. References 271
  21. Contributors 287
  22. Index 291
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824861728-016

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. 1. Introduction: Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century 1
  5. Part 1: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, and Economics
  6. 2. The Cheaters: Journey to the Land of the Lottery 19
  7. 3. Women’s Practices of Renunciation in the Age of Sāsana Revival 41
  8. 4. The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords 65
  9. 5. Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi 90
  10. Part 2: Political and Moral Legitimation
  11. 6. Buddhist Visions of Moral Authority and Modernity in Burma 113
  12. 7. Sacralizing or Demonizing Democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi’s “Personality Cult” 133
  13. 8. The Chicken and the Scorpion: Rumor, Counternarratives, and the Political Uses of Buddhism 154
  14. Part 3: Public Performance
  15. 9. Writing in a Crazy Way: Literary Life in Contemporary Urban Burma 175
  16. 10. “But Princes Jump!”: Performing Masculinity in Mandalay 206
  17. 11. Who’s Performing What? State Patronage and the Transformation of Burmese Music 229
  18. Part 4: The Domestic Domain
  19. 12. The Future of Burma: Children Are Like Jewels 249
  20. References 271
  21. Contributors 287
  22. Index 291
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