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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1. Verfasser: Jansen, Berthe, 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.