About the Author

Sarah LeVine is Associate in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. David N. Gellner is Lecturer in the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford.

Reviews

[The authors'] careful research and thoughtful analysis focus on the perceptible life of this movement in society, rather than doctrines or ideas. As such, this study of the contrasts and occasional conflicts between the growing Theravada movement and the established tantric tradition reveals much about the dynamic life of Buddhism in a changing world.