Managing monks : administrators and administrative roles in indian Buddhist monasticism /
The paradigmatic Buddhist is the monk. It is well known that ideally Buddhist monks are expected to meditate and study -- to engage in religious practice. The institutional structure which makes this concentration on spiritual cultivation possible is the monastery. But as a bureaucratic institution,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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Colección: | South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |