Managing monks

Silk, Jonathan A.:
Managing monks : administrators and administrative roles in indian Buddhist monasticism / Jonathan A. Silk. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - ca. 360 S. - (South Asia research)
ISBN 978-0-19-532684-0 / 0-19-532684-9 (cloth)
US$ 65,00
-- Angekündigt für Oktober 2008 --

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Beschreibung
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, the monastery requires administrators to organize and manage its functions, to prepare quiet spots for meditation, to arrange audiences for sermons, or simply to make sure food, rooms, and bedding are provided. The valuations placed on such organizational roles were, however, a subject of considerable controversy among Indian Buddhist writers, with some considering them significantly less praiseworthy than meditative concentration or teaching and study, while others more highly appreciated their importance. Managing Monks, as the first major study of the administrative offices of Indian Buddhist monasticism and of those who hold them, explores literary sources, inscriptions and other materials in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese in order to explore this tension and paint a picture of the internal workings of the Buddhist monastic institution in India, highlighting the ambivalent and sometimes contradictory attitudes toward administrators revealed in various sources. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
1. Introduction
2. The Tension Between Service and Practice
3. Vaiyaprtyakara
4. Navakarmika
5. Varika and Specialization of Duties
6. Karmadana
7. Viharapala
8. Momodi and avasika
9. Classified Lists of Administrators
10. Misbehaving Managers
11. Chinese Terminology, and Additional Indian Terms
12. The Administered
13. Concluding Considerations

Autor

Jonathan A. Silk, Professor in the Study of Buddhism, Leiden University. Profile page.

Quellen: Oxford University Press (USA); Amazon; Kinokuniya Bookweb.
Schlagwörter: Buddhismus; Mönch; Mönchsorden

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