{"product_id":"meditation-in-modern-buddhism-renunciation-and-change-in-thai-monastic-life-hardback-9780521119382","title":"Meditation in Modern Buddhism; Renunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life (Hardback) 9780521119382","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMeditation in Modern Buddhism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRenunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis ethnographic account of a Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail and analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoanna Cook (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521119382, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a most welcome development in the study of Thai Buddhism - scholars have tended to focus on the religious roles, experience, activities, achievements and institutions of male Buddhists. … The book excels in achieving an impressive analytical depth that allows insights into (female) monasticism and what Cook, drawing on Foucault, calls 'meditation as a practice in self-formation'. She is able to do this thanks to the cogent engagement of data gained from other practitioners and her own experience as a meditating mae chi and deploying an impressively wide range of literature from and beyond the field of Buddhist studies.' Martin Seeger, South East Asia Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassan? meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail, and explores the subjective signification of monastic duties and ascetic practices. Drawing on fieldwork done both as an analytical observer and as a full participant in the life of the monastery, Joanna Cook analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers, and shows what effect meditative practices have on individuals and community organization. The particular focus on the status of mae chee - part lay, part monastic - provides a fresh insight into social relationships and gender hierarchy within the context of the monastery.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Meditation and monasticism: making the ascetic self in Thailand\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sectarianism, centralization and the propagation of meditation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The monastic community: duty and structure\u003cbr\u003e 4. Meditation as ethical imperative\u003cbr\u003e 5. Language and meditation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Monastic duty, mindfulness and cognitive space\u003cbr\u003e 7. Money, mae chee and reciprocity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hierarchy, gender and mindfulness\u003cbr\u003e 9. Monasticization and the ascetic interiority of non-self\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Ordination transcript for an eight-precept nun (mae chee)\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e], Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e], Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006534177048,"sku":"9780521119382","price":95.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521119382i_49452abc-dc1e-44b0-9eec-7e21a5272136.jpg?v=1691371645","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/meditation-in-modern-buddhism-renunciation-and-change-in-thai-monastic-life-hardback-9780521119382","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}