The Monastery Rules : Buddhist Monastic Organization in Pre-Modern Tibet
"The Monastery Rules discusses the position of monks and monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies. Using the monastic guidelines (bca' yig) as primary sources, this book examines the impact of Buddhist monastic institutions on Tibetan societies by looking at their monastic polic...
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Oakland
University of California Press
2018
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