ISBN:
9780824838812
,
9780824838805
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 460 S
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Studies in the Buddhist traditions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Schopen, Gregory, 1947 - Buddhist Nuns, Monks, and Other Worldly Matters
DDC:
294.5/6570954
Keywords:
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
;
Buddhist nuns
;
Buddhist monks
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Indien
;
Bhikku
;
Bhikkuni
;
Ordensleben
;
Indien
;
Buddhismus
;
Kloster
Description / Table of Contents:
The urban Buddhist nun and a protective rite for children in early North IndiaOn emptying chamber pots without looking and the urban location of Buddhist -- Nunneries in early India again -- On incompetent monks and able urbane nuns in a Buddhist monastic code -- Separate but equal: property rights and the legal independence of Buddhist nuns and monks in early North India -- On the legal and economic activities of Buddhist nuns: two examples from early India -- The Buddhist nun as an urban landlord and a "legal person" in early India -- A new hat for Hariti: on "giving" children for their protection to Buddhist nuns and monks in early India -- On some who are not allowed to become Buddhist monks or nuns: an old list of types of slaves or unfree laborers -- Making men into monks -- Counting the Buddha and the local spirits in a monastic ritual of inclusion for the rain retreat -- The Buddhist "monastery" and the Indian garden: aesthetics, assimilations, and the siting of monastic establishments -- On monks and menial labors: some monastic accounts of building Buddhist monasteries -- A well-sanitized shroud: asceticism and institutional values in the middle period of Buddhist monasticism -- The Buddhist bhikū's obligation to support his parents in two Vinaya traditions -- On Buddhist monks and dreadful deities: some monastic devices for updating the dharma -- Celebrating odd moments: the biography of the Buddha in some Mulasarvastivadin cycles of religious festivals -- Taking the Bodhisattva into town: more texts on the image of "the Bodhisattva" and image processions in the Mulasarvastivada-vinaya -- The learned monk as a comic figure: on reading a Buddhist Vinaya as Indian literature -- On the underside of a sacred space: some less appreciated functions of the temple in classical India.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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