TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gombrich, Richard F
TI  - Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon
SN  - 8120807804 
U1  - 294.344 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
KW  - Buddhism -- Customs and practices -- History -- Sri Lanka
KW  - Buddhism -- History -- Sri Lanka
N1  - 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
ER  -