A Survey of Vinaya Literature

A Survey of Vinaya Literature

Author: Charles S. Prebish

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1136108181

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The most important research tool for vinaya studies. Covers both primary and secondary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese as well as modern sources in English, French, German and Japanese.


Buddhism and Law

Buddhism and Law

Author: Rebecca Redwood French

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-07-28

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0521515793

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This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.


Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism

Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism

Author: José Ignacio Cabezón

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 1614293686

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A prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism’s approach to sex, gender, and sexual orientation in this landmark volume. More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis. Jose Cabezon, the XIVth Dalai Lama Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, marshals an incredible array of scriptures, legal and medical texts, and philosophical treatises, explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose. This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sex.


Historical Dictionary of Buddhism

Historical Dictionary of Buddhism

Author: Carl Olson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1538130246

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Moving beyond the original bodhi tree where the historical Buddha attained enlightenment, Buddhism spread throughout Asia and in more recent history has become ubiquitous in America and other Western nations as it marches into the status of a major global religion. During its history westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to those looking for answers to the problems of life. Buddhism is studied in institutions of higher education, practice by many people worldwide, and its literature is translated in numerous languages. Historical Dictionary of Buddhism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as complex theological concepts, significant practices, and basic writings and texts. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Buddhism.


Analysis of the Bhikkhu Patimokkha

Analysis of the Bhikkhu Patimokkha

Author: Bhikkhu Nyanatusita

Publisher: Buddhist Publication Society

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 9552404053

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This book is an depth study and word by word translation of the Bhikkhu Pātimokkha, the Code of Discipline of Buddhist monks which is recited bimonthly in Buddhist monasteries. It is mainly intended for Buddhist monks, but it will also be of interest of those who are studying Pali or Buddhist monastic law. The main part of this book is a word by word translation of the Pali text of the Bhikkhu Pātimokkha; also included are a critical edition of the Pali text, a translation, discussions of technical terms and procedures, an analysis of the structure of the Pātimokkha, and comparisons with rules in the Prātimoksasutras of other early Buddhist schools.


Religion, Law and Tradition

Religion, Law and Tradition

Author: Andrew Huxley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1136132422

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This book brings together two scholarly traditions: experts in Roman, Jewish and Islamic law, an area where scholars tend to be familiar with work in each area, and experts in the legal traditions of South and East Asia, which have tended to be less interdisciplinary. The resulting mix produces new ways of looking at comparative law and legal history from a global perspective, and these essays contribute both to our understanding of comparative religion as well as comparative law.


Buddhist Monastic Discipline

Buddhist Monastic Discipline

Author: Charles S. Prebish

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9788120813397

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Buddhist Monastic Discipline contains two significant Buddhist monastic disciplinary texts for the first time, translated into English. They are printed on facing pages for ease of comparison. One of the texts is that of a very early Buddhist school fi


Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism

Author: Torkel Brekke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-10

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1135788499

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Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is the first book to apply the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addresses the more general and theoretically controversial question of how world religions come into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer.


The Glorious Deeds of Purna

The Glorious Deeds of Purna

Author: Joel Tatelman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1136814930

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By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first-century account of the life of the saint Purna, this study introduces the reader to the richness and complexity of an essential Buddhist genre.