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The Monastery Rules: Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet
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The Monastery Rules: Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet
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Berthe Jansen
2018
Published by:
University of California Press
Series:
South Asia Across the Disciplines
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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.
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Cover
Title
Contents
Acknowledgments
pp. ix-x
A Note on Transliteration
pp. xi
Introduction
pp. 1-13
1. Documents That Establish the Rules: The Genre of Chayik
pp. 14-30
2. Historical and Doctrinal Frameworks of Monastic Organization in Tibet
pp. 31-43
3. Entrance to the Monastery
pp. 44-56
4. Monastic Organization
pp. 57-84
5. Monastic Economy and Policy
pp. 85-114
6. Relations with the Laity: The Roles of the Monastery in Society
pp. 115-147
7. Justice and the Judicial Role of the Monastery
pp. 148-175
8. Maintaining (the) Order: Conclusions
pp. 176-182
Appendix
pp. 183-186
Notes
pp. 187-238
Sources
pp. 239-265
Index
pp. 267-281
002
003
004
007
023
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520969537
Related ISBN(s)
9780520297005
DOI
10.1353/book.63423
MARC Record
OCLC
1043049817
Pages
309
Launched on MUSE
2019-02-24
Language
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY
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