The Monastery Rules Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet

• Prif Awdur: Jansen, Berthe (auth)
• Fformat: Electronig Pennod Llyfr
• Iaith: Saesneg
• Cyhoeddwyd: Oakland University of California Press 2018
• Pynciau: History; Asian history; Religion: general; Buddhism; Tibetan Region; Social History; Monasticism; Monastic Law; Vinaya; Buddhism and Society; Himalayas; Sangha; Discipline
• Mynediad Ar-lein: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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"The Monastery Rules discusses the position of monks and monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies. Using the monastic guidelines (bca' yig) as primary sources, this book examines the impact of Buddhist monastic institutions on Tibetan societies by looking at their monastic policies that deal with organization, economy, justice, and public relations. As this type of literature has not been studied in any detail, this is also an exploration of this genre, its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The monastic guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, but also contain rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Throughout, the textual materials are supplemented with important information gained via oral history methods. This monograph demonstrates how, and to what extent, the Tibetan monastery was guided by Buddhist monastic law, and argues that Buddhist ethics, as they are understood today, played hardly any role. Still, this study 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."

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1 electronic resource (300 p.)

ISBN

luminos.56
9780520297005

Mynediad

Open Access