Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand Agriculture Natenapha Wailderdsak (Yabushita) received a

Natenapha Wailderdsak (Yabushita) received a Ph

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Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand Agriculture Natenapha Wailderdsak (Yabushita) received aGathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, Justin McDaniel traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. He depicts Buddhism as a series of overlapping processes, bringing fresh attention to the