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Family in Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
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Family in Buddhism (Hardcover, New)
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The Buddha left his home and family and enjoined his followers to
go forth and become homeless. With a traditionally celibate clergy,
Asian Buddhism is often regarded as a world-renouncing religion
inimical to family life. This edited volume counters this view,
showing how Asian Buddhists in a wide range of historical and
geographical circumstances relate as kin to their biological
families and to the religious families they join. Using
contemporary and historical case studies as well as textual
examples, contributors explore how Asian Buddhists invoke family
ties in the intentional communities they create and use them to
establish religious authority and guard religious privilege. The
language of family and lineage emerges as central to a variety of
South and East Asian Buddhist contexts. With an interdisciplinary,
Pan-Asian approach, "Family in Buddhism" challenges received wisdom
in religious studies and offers new ways to think about family and
society."
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