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dc.contributor.authorJansen, Berthe
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-15 12:36:01
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T11:56:41Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T11:56:41Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier1002459
dc.identifierOCN: 1082972253en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27545
dc.description.abstract"The Monastery Rules discusses the position of monks and monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies. Using the monastic guidelines (bca’ yig) as primary sources, this book examines the impact of Buddhist monastic institutions on Tibetan societies by looking at their monastic policies that deal with organization, economy, justice, and public relations. As this type of literature has not been studied in any detail, this is also an exploration of this genre, its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The monastic guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, but also contain rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Throughout, the textual materials are supplemented with important information gained via oral history methods. This monograph demonstrates how, and to what extent, the Tibetan monastery was guided by Buddhist monastic law, and argues that Buddhist ethics, as they are understood today, played hardly any role. Still, this study 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."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: generalen_US
dc.subject.otherBuddhism
dc.subject.otherTibetan Region
dc.subject.otherSocial History
dc.subject.otherMonasticism
dc.subject.otherMonastic Law
dc.subject.otherVinaya
dc.subject.otherBuddhism and Society
dc.subject.otherHimalayas
dc.subject.otherSangha
dc.subject.otherDiscipline
dc.titleThe Monastery Rules
dc.title.alternativeBuddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1525/luminos.56
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b
oapen.relation.isFundedByda087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9780520297005
oapen.collectionDutch Research Council (NWO)
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.pages300
oapen.place.publicationOakland
oapen.grant.number1002459.0
oapen.identifier.ocn1082972253


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