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Buddhism and the spirit cults in North-east Thailand

Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
  
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OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES
  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS
  
TABLES
  
ILLUSTRATIONS

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1 INTRODUCTION: THE PARTICULAR AND THE GENERAL
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2 THE STAGE AND ITS SETTING
  
THE VILLAGE OF MUAN THE HUNTER AND ITS REGION
  
THE CARAVANS OF HISTORY
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3 COSMOLOGY
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`KAMA LOKA'
  
The six heavens (`deva loka')
  
The five worlds
  
THE `RUPA LOKA' AND `ARUPA LOKA' (`BRAHMA LOKA')
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THE BUDDHA, `BODHISATTVA' AND `ARAHAT'
  
The Buddha
  
The `bodhisattva'
  
The `arahat' and his miraculous powers
  
THE BUDDHA AND MARA
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4 PRIMARY VILLAGE CONCEPTS
  
`Bun' and `baab' (ethical norms) and their implications for merit-making
  
`Khwan' and `winjan' (spiritual essences of individual human beings)
  
`Thewada' and `phii' (two opposed supernatural categories)
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5 THE INSTITUTION OF MONKHOOD IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  
FROM EREMITICAL TO CENOBITICAL LIFE
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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 5
  
ADDITIONAL NOTE TO PAGE 73
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6 THE RULES OF CONDUCT FOR MONKS, NOVICES, AND LAYMEN
  
LAY MORALITY FROM A DOCTRINAL POINT OF VIEW
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7 THE PHASES OF MONKHOOD
  
NOVICES AND MONKS
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THREE RITUALS: ORDINATION, DE-ROBING, AND HONOURING THE MONK
  
Ordination
  
De-robing
  
The rite of honouring the monk
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8 THE MONASTIC ROUTINE AND ITS REWARDS
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CONTENT AND MODE OF LEARNING OF NOVICES AND MONKS
  
Study of nansy Tham
  
Memorizing chants
  
Chants frequently memorized and recited by novices (`neen') and monks (`phraa')
  
Sermons (`teed')
  
The education of monks
  
THE SATISFACTIONS OF MONKHOOD
  
FROM MONK TO LAYMAN: THE USES OF LITERACY
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SPECIALISTS IN PHRAAN MUAN VILLAGE
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(A) Ritual specialists for whom literacy is essential
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(B) Secular specialists for whom literacy is required
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(C) Ritual specialists for whom literacy is not required
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(D) Secular specialists for whom literacy is not required
  
THE `WAT' COMMITTEE
  
TRADITIONAL LITERACY: SOME QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS
  
THE PATH OF LITERACY OF THE SCHOLAR-MONK: FROM VILLAGE BUDDHISM TO HIGHER BUDDHISM
  
THE BUDDHIST AND HINDU STAGES OF LIFE
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9 THE IDEOLOGY OF MERIT
  
THE LAYMAN AND THE MONK
  
MERIT-MAKING (`THAMBUN')
  
RANKING OF MERIT-MAKING ACTS
  
BUILDING A `BOOD': A LONG-TERM ECONOMIC PLAN
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10 THE CYCLE OF COLLECTIVE `WAT' RITES AND THE AGRICULTURAL CALENDAR
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`BUN PHRAAWES'
  
Preparations
  
The invitation to Phraa Uppakrut
  
The homage to `thewada' (`Bucha Thewada')
  
Recitation of Mahachad
  
The activities of the fair
  
INTERPRETATION: WHO IS UPPAKRUT?
  
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 10
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11 DEATH, MORTUARY RITES, AND THE PATH TO REBIRTH
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MORTUARY RITES: PHASE I
  
Doy (dressing and laying out of the corpse)
  
Funeral procession
  
Cremation
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MORTUARY RITES: PHASE 2
  
Making the `prasaat peueng'
  
Collection of bones
  
The presentation of the `prasaat peueng' to the monks
  
KINSHIP PARTICIPATION IN MORTUARY RITES
  
ABNORMAL DEATH
  
ANCESTORS AND BUDDHISM
  
SOME IMPLICATIONS OF MORTUARY RITES ASSOCIATED WITH NORMAL DEATH
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12 LIBERATION THROUGH HEARING: THE SACRED WORDS OF THE MONKS
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PARITTA
  
Mangala sutra (sutta)
  
Ratana sutra (sutta)
  
Karaniya metra sutra (sutta)
  
Atanatiya sutra (sutta)
  
Jayamangala gatha (suad chaya mongkhon)
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APPENDIX 1 TO CHAPTER 12
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1. Mangala sutta
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2. Karaniya metta sutta
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3. Jayamangala gatha
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4. Khandha paritta
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5. Atanatiya paritta
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APPENDIX 2 TO CHAPTER 12
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1. Mora paritta
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2. Khanda paritta
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3. Candima paritta
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4. Suriya paritta
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5. Angulimala paritta
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13 `SUKHWAN' RITES: THE ELDERS SUMMON THE SPIRIT ESSENCE
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KINDS OF `SUKHWAN' RITES AND OCCASIONS OF PERFORMANCE
  
`Sukhwan' ritual at marriage: case illustration 1
  
`Sukhwan nag' ritual: case illustration 2
  
`Sukhwan maemarn' ritual (pregnancy): case illustration 3
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THE `SUKHWAN' TEXTS AND THE SACRED WORDS
  
Text of `sukhwan' for marriage
  
Text of the `sukhwan nag' ceremony
  
Text of the `sukhwan maemarn' ceremony
  
THE `SUKHWAN' AS A RITUAL TECHNIQUE
  
WHAT IS THE `KHWAN'?
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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 13
  
`Sukhwan nag' text
  
`Sukhwan' text recited at a wedding ceremony
  
`Sukhwan' text recited for a pregnant woman Si si pra porn [auspicious blessing].
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14 THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE `BRAHMAN' AND THE BUDDHIST MONK
  
MATERIAL TRANSFERS AND THE IDIOM OF TRANSFER
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15 THE CULT OF THE GUARDIAN SPIRITS
  
GUARDIAN SPIRITS
  
POST-HARVEST OFFERINGS TO THE GUARDIANS: A CASE DESCRIPTION
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RITUAL SPECIALISTS
  
`Mau song' (diviner/consultant)
  
Cham
  
Tiam
  
SPIRIT CURING BY `CHAM' AND `TIAM'
  
THE REGIONAL CULT
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16 MYTH AND RITE: THE `NAGA' SYMBOL AND THE ROCKET FESTIVAL
  
THE FESTIVAL OF `BUNBANGFAI'
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`BUNBANGFAI' IN BAAN PHRAAN MUAN
  
Ordination
  
`Hae bangfai' (the rocket procession)
  
The firing of the rockets
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THE MYTH OF PHADAENG AND NANG AI
  
Version 1 (related by Phau Nu, a village elder)
  
Version 2 (related by Phau Champi, village elder and leader)
  
ANALYSIS OF THE MYTH
  
MYTH AND RITE
  
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 16
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17 THE AFFLICTIONS CAUSED BY MALEVOLENT SPIRITS
  
DEATH AND SPIRITS
  
AFFLICTION BY NATURE SPIRITS
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POSSESSION BY SPIRITS
  
The agent (phii paub)
  
The victim
  
The exorcist
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18 EXORCISM AS HEALING RITUAL
  
THE ACCUSED AND HIS FATE
  
EXORCISM IN RELATION TO OTHER RITUALS
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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)
  
Community
  
THE GRAMMAR OF RITUAL TRANSACTIONS
  
THREE USES OF SACRED WORDS
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20 THE PARADE OF SUPERNATURALS
  
MYTH: THE STORY OF NANG PHRAKOSOB
  
ANALYSIS OF THE MYTH
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THE RITE OF `SUKHWAN KHAW' (CALLING THE SPIRIT ESSENCE OF RICE)
  
Text read by `paahm' at `sukhwan khaw': `Saykhe charupe okasa okasa'
  
The message of the ritual text
  
MYTH AND RITE
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21 THE PAST AND PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: CONTINUITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
INDEX
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ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

           
1a Image of the Buddha and royal Naga (snake),
Muchalinda [By permission of the National Museum, Bangkok] 		 facing page 148 
1b Mortuary rites: monks chanting and transferring merit to
the deceased 		 148 
2 The Bun Kathin procession at the end of Lent  149 
3 Bun Phraawes festival: the story of Wesandaun is recited  180 
4a Sukhwan ceremony being performed for two pregnant women  181 
4b Women worshipping  181 

FIGURES

           
1 Map of Thailand  page xii 
2 Baan Phraan Muan and its region  7 
3a Profile of house, showing levels  19 
3b House plan  19 
4 Diagram showing the relationship between two festivals  300 
5 The religious field  338 
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