Buddhist Monastic Life

According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition

Mohan Wijayaratna (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

1990
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-36708-0 (ISBN)

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This 1991 book provides a brief yet detailed account of the ideal way of life prescribed for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Pali texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism. The author describes the way in which the Buddha's disciples institutionalized his teachings about such things as food, dress, money, chastity, solitude and discipleship. This tradition represents an ideal of religious life that has been followed in South and Southeast Asia for over two thousand years. In previous writing on the early period of Buddhist monasticism, scholars have usually tried to give an historical account of the evolution of the monastic order, and so have seen the extant Vinaya texts as coming from distinct historical periods. This book takes a different approach by presenting a synchronic account, which allows the author to show that sources are in fact predominantly consistent and coherent.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The origin of the community; 2. Dwelling places; 3. Clothing; 4. Food; 5. Money; 6. Chastity; 7. Solitude; 8. The rules of the community; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.1990
Einführung	Steven Collins
Übersetzer	Claude Grangier, Steven Collins
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 230 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-521-36708-5 / 0521367085
ISBN-13	978-0-521-36708-0 / 9780521367080
Zustand	Neuware