Charisma in Buddhism : a study of the work of Father Sumaṅgalo, Ānanda Maṅgala Mahā.nāyaka Thera and Dr. Wong Phui Weng in Malaysia and Singapore & Phra Ajahn Yantra Amaro : [being a preprint of Buddhism, society and history : towards a postmodern pe

Charisma in Buddhism by Ven. Piyasīlo......Page 1 The Buddhist Currents Series......Page 5 Piyasīlo & the Community of Dharmafarers......Page 7 page 1......Page 9 page 2......Page 10 page 3......Page 11 Preface......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 II:6.3 Sumaṅgalo (Robert Stuart Clifton) (1903–1963)......Page 19 6.31 The FMBYF......Page 22 6.32 Sumaṅgalo’s Sangha disciples......Page 27 6.33 Sumaṅgalo and Buddhism......Page 31 6.331 Sumaṅgalo in Malaya......Page 33 6.332 Why did the ‘Sumaṅgalo era’ end?......Page 34 6.34 Why the FMBYF failed......Page 35 6.35 Review of Sumaṅgalo’s contributions......Page 40 II:6.4 W. Ānanda Maṅgala (1917–1986)......Page 45 6.41 Ānanda Maṅgala in Melaka......Page 50 6.42 AM: what he did, what he was......Page 51 6.43 A sociology of scandal [cf III:1 2]......Page 54 6.44 AM in Singapore......Page 58 6.441 World tours......Page 59 6.442 SBYO and the ‘Buddhist Oasis’......Page 67 6.45 AM as I knew him......Page 69 6.46 Review of AM: the man and his work......Page 72 II:6.5 Dr. Wong Phui Weng, PhD (1936–1988)......Page 76 6.51 The Neo-Buddhists......Page 79 6.511 Saddhamma Buddhist Society......Page 83 6.52 Syarikat Dharma......Page 84 6.53 Mettā and Bha Vana......Page 85 6.54 Review of Wong’s work......Page 87 II:6.6 Sumaṅgalo, Ānanda Maṅgala, Dr. Wong contrasts......Page 92 II:6.7 Charisma......Page 95 6.71 Power and authority......Page 104 6.711 Types of charisma......Page 107 6.712 Genius and charisma......Page 111 6.713 Charisma or popularity?......Page 113 6.714 Symbols of charisma......Page 116 6.715 Routinization of charisma......Page 118 6.716 Charisma and after......Page 120 6.72 Charisma and leadership......Page 123 6.721 The Buddha as a charismatic Leader......Page 124 6.722 Charisma and Saddharma......Page 127 6.723 The Sangha and routinization of charisma......Page 131 6.73 Charismatic leaders......Page 134 6.731 Charisma and ‘greatness’......Page 137 6.74 Three types of leadership......Page 139 6.75 Exploiting charisma......Page 141 6.751 Buddhist fetishism......Page 145 6.752 Charisma and conscience......Page 147 6.753 Reincarnate lamas......Page 149 6.754 The disadvantages of charisma......Page 151 6.755 The end of charisma......Page 158 6.756 The decharismatization of Buddhism......Page 162 6.757 Ādhipateyya Sutta [6.7d]......Page 164 II:6.8 Yantra Amaro: A current case of charisma......Page 169 (b) Lay asceticism (1971–1974)......Page 170 (c) Life as a monk......Page 173 (d) Yantra in Ipoh (1989) & Kuala Lumpur (1992)......Page 180 (e) Method of teaching......Page 183 (f) The charisma of Yantra......Page 185 Afterword: A prayer [Buddhism, History and Society, 1992g]......Page 202