The Monastery Rules (eBook)

Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet

Berthe Jansen (Autor)

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2018
298 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96953-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A free ebook version of this title is available throughLuminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more.The Monastery Rulesdiscusses the position of the monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies and how that position was informed by the far-reaching relationship of monastic Buddhism with Tibetan society, economy, law, and culture. Jansen focuses her study on monastic guidelines, orbca' yig. The first study of its kind to examine the genre in detail, the book contains an exploration of its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, while also containing rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Jansen argues that the monastic institutions' influence on society was maintained not merely due to prevailing power-relations, but also because of certain deep-rooted Buddhist beliefs.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration

Introduction
1. Documents That Establish the Rules: The Genre of Chayik
2. Historical and Doctrinal Frameworks of Monastic
Organization in Tibet
3. Entrance to the Monastery
4. Monastic Organization
5. Monastic Economy and Policy
6. Relations with the Laity: The Roles of the Monastery in Society
7. Justice and the Judicial Role of the Monastery
8. Maintaining (the) Order: Conclusions

Appendix
Notes
Sources
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.10.2018
• Reihe/Serie: South Asia Across the Disciplines
• Reihe/Serie: South Asia Across the Disciplines
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: bca yig • Buddhism • buddhist beliefs • buddhist cultural parallels • buddhist society • change the monastery • Culture • deep rooted beliefs • economy • Guidelines • influence on society • Law • Monasteries • monastic buddhism • monastic guidelines • power relations • pre 1950s • preserve the monastery • socio economic changes • socio historical source • Tibet • Tibetan society • Vinaya
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96953-7 / 0520969537
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96953-7 / 9780520969537