The Monastery Rules : Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet /
"The Monastery Rules discusses 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, or bc...
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Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2018]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
- Documents that establish the rules: the genre of Chayik
- Historical and doctrinal frameworks of monastic organization in Tibet
- Entrance to the monastery
- Monastic organization
- Monastic economy and policy
- Relations with the laity: the roles of the monastery in society
- Justice and the judicial role of the monastery
- Maintaining (the) order: conclusions.