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Family Matters in Indian Buddhist Monasticisms /

Scholarly and popular consensus has painted a picture of Indian Buddhist monasticism in which monks and nuns severed all ties with their families when they left home for the religious life. This romanticized image is based largely on the ascetic rhetoric of texts such as the Rhinoceros Horn Sutra ....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, Shayne Neil (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rhinoceros in the room: monks and nuns and their families
  • Family matters
  • Former wives from former lives
  • Nuns who become pregnant
  • Reconsidering renunciation: family-friendly monasticisms.