Managing monks: administrators and administrative roles in Indian Buddhist monasticism

Looked at in one light, monastic administrators are at the top of the monastic hierarchy. From another perspective, however they are divorced from the main purpose of monastic life. In this book, Jonathan Silk examines the way in which this question was debated in the formative years of Indian Buddh...

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1. VerfasserIn: Silk, Jonathan A. 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Chinesisch
Pāli
Sanskrit
Tibetisch
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Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
In:Jahr: 2008
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:South Asia research
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Indien / Buddhismus / Kloster / Mönchtum / Geschichte
B Indien / Buddhismus / Kloster / Verwaltung / Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B Buddhist literature India History and criticism
B Buddhist monasticism and religious orders India Government History
B Buddhism India Doctrines History
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Zusammenfassung:Looked at in one light, monastic administrators are at the top of the monastic hierarchy. From another perspective, however they are divorced from the main purpose of monastic life. In this book, Jonathan Silk examines the way in which this question was debated in the formative years of Indian Buddhism.
ISBN:0199852073
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326840.001.0001