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Buddhist monastic life :

by Wijayaratna, Môhan. Published by : Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge [England] : | New York :) Physical details: xxiv, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0521364280; 0521367085 (pbk.).

Subject(s): Buddhist monasticism and religious orders. | Theravāda Buddhism.

Year: 1990 Item type: Buddhist Philosophy

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Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
ISER Library	294.3657 WIJ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		10094

Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxi) and index.

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.

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