Sons of the Buddha
Subtitle: continuities and ruptures in a Burmese monastic tradition
By: Jason A. Carbine
Series: Religion and society -- 50; Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) -- 50.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9783110254099
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Monastic and religious life (Buddhism); Shwegyin Nikāya; Religion and sociology; History
Notes: Significant revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Chicago, 2004) under title: An Ethic of Continuity: Shwegyin monks and the Sasana in Contemporary Burma/Myanmar.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235) and indexes.