Bodily Care Identity in Buddhist Monastic Life of Ancient India and China: An Advancing Purity Threshold

When discussing Buddhism in ancient India and China, monasteries always occupy a central place, as monastic life is a major factor in the creation of Buddhist identity. In all kinds of texts, and certainly in disciplinary texts, monastic life therefore receives a great deal of attention: monks repre...

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Main Author: Heirman, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Dynamics in the history of religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Pages: 340-369
Further subjects:B Religion in Asien
B Asia
B Religion
B Asien-Studien
B Religionswissenschaften
B History
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