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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silk, Jonathan A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo