Managing monks: administrators and administrative roles in Indian Buddhist monasticism
Looked at in one light, monastic administrators are at the top of the monastic hierarchy. From another perspective, however they are divorced from the main purpose of monastic life. In this book, Jonathan Silk examines the way in which this question was debated in the formative years of Indian Buddh...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English Chinese Pāli Sanskrit Tibetan |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Series/Journal: | South Asia research
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Buddhism
/ Monastery
/ Monasticism
/ History
B India / Buddhism / Monastery / Administration / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhist literature
India
History and criticism
B Buddhist monasticism and religious orders India Government History B Buddhism India Doctrines History |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Looked at in one light, monastic administrators are at the top of the monastic hierarchy. From another perspective, however they are divorced from the main purpose of monastic life. In this book, Jonathan Silk examines the way in which this question was debated in the formative years of Indian Buddhism. |
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| ISBN: | 0199852073 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326840.001.0001 |