Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on transcription
- 1 Introduction and manifesto
- Part I The arahant and the Path of Meditation
- Part II The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context; the politics of sectarianism
- Part III The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma
- Part IV Conceptual and theoretical clarifications
- Notes
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Part III - The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on transcription
- 1 Introduction and manifesto
- Part I The arahant and the Path of Meditation
- Part II The hagiography of a Buddhist saint: text and context; the politics of sectarianism
- Part III The cult of amulets: the objectification and transmission of charisma
- Part IV Conceptual and theoretical clarifications
- Notes
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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- The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets , pp. 193 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984