Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note to the Reader ix
4. General Introduction 1
5. Part I: Temples, Sacred Objects, and Associated Rituals
6. Chapter 1 Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan) 23
7. A View of Temple Life and Practice 24
8. Chapter 2 Image Consecrations (Thailand) 35
9. Creating and Disseminating the Sacred 36
10. Chapter 3 State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma) 45
11. A Tooth Relic and the Legitimation of Power 46
12. Chapter 4 Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand) 61
13. Bun Phraawes 62
14. Part II: Monastic Practices
15. Chapter 5 The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea) 73
16. Ordination in the Chogye Order 74
17. Chapter 6 Female Renunciants (Myanma[r]/Burma) 85
18. Theravadin Religious Women 86
19. Chapter 7 Meditation (Japan) 97
20. A Morning Star Meditation 99
21. Chapter 8 The Monastic Quest: A Biographical Example (Tibet) 109
22. The Biography of a Nun 110
23. Chapter 9 Monastic Funerals (Thailand) 123
24. The Cremation of a Senior Monk 124
25. Part III: Lay Practices
26. Chapter 10 Lay Identity and Participation (China) 139
27. Lay Praxis in a Mahayana Context 140
28. Chapter 11 Cosmology and Law (Tibet) 151
29. Buddhist Secular Law: Doctrines in Context 152
30. Chapter 12 Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka) 161
31. Yaktovil: The Role of the Buddha and Dhamma 162
32. Chapter 13 Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka) 179
33. A New Theravadin Liturgy 180
34. Chapter 14 Death and Beyond (Japan) 195
35. Memorializing One’s Mizuko 196
36. Part IV: Buddhism in the West
37. Chapter 15 An American Example 209
38. Transmitting the Dharma 211
39. Bibliography 221
40. Contributors 227
41. Index 229