Other World and This World in Theravada Buddhism
FAIN: FS-10517-76
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
Frank E. Reynolds (Project Director: January 1977 to present)
To consider the character and relationship of the "other worldly" and "this worldly" dimensions of religion as they appear in the context of Theravada Buddhism. To examine this distinction at the level of Theravada doctrine and at the level of communal order.