Yifa: Origins of Buddhist Monastic

by Yifa and Venerable Yifa

Book Overview

The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China contains the first complete translation of China's earliest and most influential monastic code. The twelfth-century text Chanyuan qinggui (Rules of Purity for the Chan Monastery) provides us with a wealth of detail on all aspects of life in public Buddhist monasteries during the Sung (960-1279). Part One consists of Yifa's overview of the development of monastic regulations in Chinese Buddhist history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824824946
• ISBN13: 9780824824945
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"