Rebuilding buddhism: The Theravada movement in twentieth-century Nepal/ Le Vine, Sarah - New Delhi: Social Science Press, 2008. - 377 p.

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 Revival Movements: Tibetan "Mahayana"
and Newar "Vajrayana"
10 Conclusion: Nepal's Theravadins in the Twenty-First
Century

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