Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks - Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India (Paperback, New)

From the Preface "The present volume provides an essential foundation for a social history of Indian Buddhist monasticism. Challenging the popular stereotype that represented the accumulation of merit as the domain of the layperson while monks concerned themselves with more sophisticated realms of doctrine and meditation, Professor Schopen problematizes many assumptions about the lay-monastic distinction by demonstrating that monks and nuns, both the scholastic elites and the less learned, participated actively in a wide range of ritual practices and institutions that have heretofore been judged 'popular,' from the accumulation and transfer of merit; to the care of deceased relatives;.... Taken together, the studies contained in this volume represent the basis for a new historiography of Buddhism, not only for their critique of many of the idees recues of Buddhist Studies but for the compelling connections they draw between apparently disparate details." -Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in the Buddhist Traditions
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	October 1996
Authors:	Gregory Schopen
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-1870-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8248-1870-9
Barcode:	9780824818708

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