Table of Contents

Contents: Upasaka - Upasaka - Laity - Lay follower - Buddha's followers - Buddhist - Buddhist community - Religious experience in Buddhism - Nikaya discourse - Buddhist discourse - Sutta - Sutra - Pali discourse - Pali canon - Theravada Buddhism - Early Buddhism - Oral literature - Oral narrative - Orality in Pali texts.

About the Author

Sompornnuch Tansrisook studied Thai, Pali and Sanskrit at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok (Thailand) as well as Comparative Religion in Bonn (Germany). Currently she is a lecturer in the Section of Pali and Sanskrit at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.