The monastery rules: Buddhist monastic organization in pre-modern Tibet

The monastery rules: Buddhist monastic organization in pre-modern Tibet / by Berthe Jansen.

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jansen, Berthe, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Rules.
Buddhism > Social aspects > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
History.
Asian history.
Religion: general.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
Buddhism > Social aspects
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Rules
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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.

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