Elective Affinities
The Reconstruction of A Forgotten Episode in the shared history of Thai and British Buddhism – Kapilavaḍḍho and Wat Paknam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7208339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Skilton (Institute of Religious Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 149-168 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Buddhism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-9947 • E-ISSN: 1476-7953 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14639947.2013.785247 |
| OpenAlex | W1965103413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
The article discusses the first attempt to establish an independent bhikkhu-sagha in England in 1956 and the reasons that this initial attempt failed. The account draws on testimony from George Blake, one of the monks ordained under this initiative. After a short contextualization of the situation in which Blake met with Buddhism in London, there follows a further discussion of two issues on which his evidence sheds fresh light: the falling out of the British monk Kapilavaho with Luang Por Sodh (Phra Mongkolthepmuni), the abbot of Wat Paknam in Bangkok; and the move away from the teaching of the soasakāya meditation at the English Sangha Trust in London
Art · Art history · Buddhism · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · Nothing · Sociology · Theology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |