Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface to the Second Edition XI
4. Preface to the First Edition XXI
5. I. PROLOGUE
6. 1. Theravāda Buddhism: An Anthropological Problem 1
7. II. BUDDHISM AS AN IDEOLOGICAL SYSTEM
8. 2. Nibbanic Buddhism: A Religion of Radical Salvation 31
9. 3. Kammatic Buddhism: I. A Religion of Proximate Salvation 66
10. 4. Kammatic Buddhism: II. The Central Concept of Merit 92
11. 5. Kammatic Buddhism: III. The Key Doctrine of Karma 114
12. 6. Apotropaic Buddhism: A Religion of Magical Protection 140
13. 7. Esoteric Buddhism: A Religion of Chiliastic Expectations 162
14. III. BUDDHISM AS A RITUAL SYSTEM
15. 8. The Buddhist Cultus: Its Generic Attributes 191
16. 9. The Ceremonial Cycle: I. Calendrical Rituals 209
17. 10. The Ceremonial Cycle: II. Life-Cycle Rituals 232
18. 11. Crisis Rituals 255
19. IV. BUDDHISM AS A MONASTIC SYSTEM
20. 12. Monasticism: I. The Normative Structure 279
21. 13. Monasticism: II. The Social Structure 305
22. 14. The Monk: I. Recruitment Structure 321
23. 15. The Monk: II. Character Structure 351
24. 16. The Saǹgha and the State 378
25. 17. The Status of the Monkhood in Burmese Society 396
26. V. BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD
27. 18. Buddhism and the World: A Critique 425
28. 19. Buddhism and Burmese Society 438
29. Appendix: On the Burmese Romanization 479
30. References Cited 483
31. Index 495