Gombrich, Richard F

Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon/ Richard F Gombrich - 2nd ed. with minor corrections. - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991. - 427 p.

1. Sinhalese Buddhism—Orthodox or Syncretistic?
2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism
3. The Buddha
I. The Buddha's Biography
II. The Buddha as worshipped: Man or God?
4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mlgala
1. Causation
II. The Contents of the Universe
III. Attempts to influence non-human Beings
IV. Summary
5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice
6. The Ethics of Intention
7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism
8. Caste in the Monastery

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Buddhism -- Customs and practices -- History -- Sri Lanka
Buddhism -- History -- Sri Lanka

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