Book

Champions of Buddhism: Weikza Cults in Contemporary Burma

Edited scholarly volume of essays on the Burmese weikza cults, esoteric Buddhist congregations devoted to wizard-saints who pursue longevity and supernormal powers in contemporary Myanmar.

Author: Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, Guillaume Rozenberg & Alicia Turner (eds.)
Type: Book
Written: 2014
Edition: 2014
Publisher: NUS Press
Language: English
Tradition: Theravada
Identifiers: ISBN9789971697808

Where to find it

Project MUSE — Champions of Buddhism: Weikza Cults in Contemporary Burma
University of Chicago Press (distributing NUS Press) — book page