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Buddhism and the spirit cults in North-east Thailand

Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja

OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES

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1 INTRODUCTION: THE PARTICULAR AND THE GENERAL

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2 THE STAGE AND ITS SETTING

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4 PRIMARY VILLAGE CONCEPTS

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5 THE INSTITUTION OF MONKHOOD IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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6 THE RULES OF CONDUCT FOR MONKS, NOVICES, AND LAYMEN

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7 THE PHASES OF MONKHOOD

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8 THE MONASTIC ROUTINE AND ITS REWARDS

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9 THE IDEOLOGY OF MERIT

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10 THE CYCLE OF COLLECTIVE `WAT' RITES AND THE AGRICULTURAL CALENDAR

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11 DEATH, MORTUARY RITES, AND THE PATH TO REBIRTH

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12 LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING: THE SACRED WORDS OF THE MONKS

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13 `SUKHWAN' RITES: THE ELDERS SUMMON THE SPIRIT ESSENCE

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14 THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE `BRAHMAN' AND THE BUDDHIST MONK

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15 THE CULT OF THE GUARDIAN SPIRITS

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16 MYTH AND RITE: THE `NAGA' SYMBOL AND THE ROCKET FESTIVAL

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17 THE AFFLICTIONS CAUSED BY MALEVOLENT SPIRITS

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18 EXORCISM AS HEALING RITUAL

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19 A KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW OF THE RELIGIOUS FIELD

CATEGORY DISTINCTIONS IN RITUAL OFFERINGS TO SUPERNATURALS

CONTRASTIVE FEATURES OF RITUAL FUNCTIONARIES

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CONTRASTS IN THE SCALE OF SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND SIGNIFICATION

Individual, household and compound

Bilateral kin (and neighbours)

THE GRAMMAR OF RITUAL TRANSACTIONS

THREE USES OF SACRED WORDS

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20 THE PARADE OF SUPERNATURALS

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21 THE PAST AND PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: CONTINUITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS

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Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology

General Editor: Jack Goody

NO. 2

BUDDHISM AND THE SPIRIT CULTS
IN NORTH-EAST THAILAND