Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition

by Mohan Wijayaratna

Book Overview

This 1991 book provides a brief yet detailed account of the ideal way of life prescribed for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Pali texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism. The author describes the way in which the Buddha's disciples institutionalized his teachings about such things as food, dress, money, chastity, solitude and discipleship. This tradition represents an ideal of religious life that has been followed in South and Southeast Asia for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521367085
• ISBN13: 9780521367080
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"