The Buddhist world of Southeast Asia

Pt. 1. : The popular tradition. Ideal action ; Ritual occasions, merit, and the appropiation of power ; Festivals ; Rites of passage

pt. 2. Buddhism and the State. Asoka, the exemplary Buddhist ruler ; kings and cosmology ; the Cosmological Scheme of the Three Worlds ; the Buddha as cosmocrator ; Modern nationalism and Buddhism

pt. 3. Buddhism and Modernization. The changing role of the monk ; Reforming the Tradition ; the changing role of the laity ; Women and Buddhism ; Buddhism and the West

postscript

Appendix 1: Sigālaka Sutta : Code of lay ethics

Appendix 2. Borobudur.