The book covers the most significant old and new sacred sites in Yangon, Pagan, the Mandalay area, and within the Shan, Rakhine and Mon states.
TOC:

• Yangon
• Mon country
• The Buddha's visit to upper Burma
• Pagan
• Later Burmese Kingdoms
• Inle lake
• Rakhine state

TOC:

• Theravada Buddhism : an Anthropological Problem
• Nibbanic Buddhism : a Religion of Radical Salvation
• Kammatic Buddhism : I. A Religion of Proximate Salvation
• Kammatic Buddhism : II. The Central Concept of Merit
• Kammatic Buddhism : III. The Key Doctrine of Karma
• Apotropaic Buddhism : A Religion of Magical Protection
• The Buddhist Cultus : Its Generic Attributes
• The Ceremonial Cycle : I. Calendrical Rituals
• The Ceremonial Cycle : II. Life-Cycle Rituals
• Crisis Rituals
• Monasticism : I. The Normative Structure
• Monasticism : II. The Social Structure
• The Monk : I. Recruitment Structure
• The Monk : II. Character Structure
• The Sangha and the State
• The Status of the Monkhood in Burmese Society
• Buddhism and the World : A Critique
• Buddhism and Burmese Society