The Monastery Rules : Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet / By Berthe Jansen.

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Jansen, Berthe, 1980- [author.]

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Project Muse [distributor]

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TextSeries: South Asia across the disciplines | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©[2018]Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0520969537
9780520297005
9780520969537

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Monastery rules Buddhist monastic organization in pre-modern TibetDDC classification:

294.3/657 23

LOC classification:

BQ7744

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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.

Summary: "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 bca' 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"--Provided by publisher.

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"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 bca' 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"--Provided by publisher.

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