The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long's Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta and the Place of Traditional Literature in Shan Theravada Buddhism

Jotika Khur-Yearn
2012
This thesis examines the role of traditional poetic writings, lik long, in the practices and teachings of Theravada Buddhism among the Shan people of northern Thailand and the Union of Burma using archival work, fieldwork and textual criticism. It focuses on a Shan
doi:10.25501/soas.00014574 fatcat:5awxffjadbeo7ols6sjlwtyw7q