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Article: Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
- Author:
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For reasons i will try to make apparent further along in this review one should read these two books as a unit. They both treat the phenomenon of change in the Theravada Buddhism preserved and practiced by the Sinhala people of Sri Lanka. Their account and their interesting explanations of changes in the Theravada from its origin in ancient India up to the "transforming" innovations recently introduced by Sinhala urbanites in and around Colombo are rendered in a lucid prose and an engaging narrative construction that make their authors' scholarship accessible to Sri Lanka specialists, Buddhists and buffs alike. This literary excellence will make pleasurable the repeated ...
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