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Burma's Mass Lay Meditation MovementBuddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power\nAuthor(s): Ingrid Jordt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780896802551, 978-0896802551\nSynopsis\nBurma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.\n Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassan? meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human rights as well as the relationship between politics and religion in a country in which neither the government nor the people clearly separates the two. Jordt e.