Isha Gamlath
Biographic Data
| ID | 4092360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isha Gamlath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isha |
| FAMILY NAME | Gamlath |
| SIGNATURE | GAMLATH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Rise of Popular Asceticism in Sinhalese Buddhist Culture: Some Significant Concepts and Practices
The briefest explanation that could be provided for asceticism in the original Theravada Buddhist tradition is that it is a physically and mentally lived enterprise for fulfilling enlightenment (nibbana). As such, the enterprise demands serious practical and intellectual commitment. In total contrast to this original Theravada Buddhist concept of asceticism, a contextual frame of asceticism has been developing in Sinhalese Buddhist culture in rec…
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The Rise of Popular Asceticism in Sinhalese Buddhist Culture: Some Significant Concepts and Practices
The briefest explanation that could be provided for asceticism in the original Theravada Buddhist tradition is that it is a physically and mentally lived enterprise for fulfilling enlightenment (nibbana). As such, the enterprise demands serious practical and intellectual commitment. In total contrast to this original Theravada Buddhist concept of asceticism, a contextual frame of asceticism has been developing in Sinhalese Buddhist culture in rec…
Asceticism (1 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 works) · Asian Studies and History (1 works) · Buddhism (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Theology (1 works)