Buddhist Monastic Life

Mohan Wijayaratna

Cambridge University Press, 1990

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521367080
ISBN-10
0521367085
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
Publication date
1990-11-30
Pages
216
Dimensions
231x152x14
Weight
332