Preface

1. Introduction: The Origins of Modernist Buddhism

2. Theravada Missionaries in an Autocratic State

3. Creating a Tradition

4. Charisma and Education: Dhammawati and the Nuns' Order after 1963

5. The Changing Buddhist Laity

6. Organizing and Educating the Monastic Community

7. Raising the Status of Nuns: The Controversy over Bhikkhuni Ordination

8. Winds of Change: Meditation and Social Activism

9. Other Buddhist Revivalisms: Tibetan "Mahayana" and Newar "Vajrayana"

10. Conclusion: Nepal's Theravadins in the Twenty-First Century

Appendix 1: Dramatis Personae

Appendix 2: Complete List of Theravada Viharas in Nepal

Glossary

Notes

References

Index

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Sarah LeVine is Research Associate in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

David N. Gellner is Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford.