Bones, stones, and Buddhist monks : collected papers on the archaeology, epigraphy, and texts of monastic Buddhism in India

Author:Gregory Schopen

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Studies in the Buddhist traditions

Genre:History

Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 298 pages)

ISBN:

9780585295831, 0585295832

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:45733352

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Bones, stones, and Buddhist monks.

Schopen, Gregory.

35229156

Contents:

Preface

ix

(2)

Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Acknowledgments

xi

(4)

Abbreviations

xv

I. Archaeology and Protestant Presuppositions in the Study of Indian Buddhism

1

(22)

II. Two Problems in the History of Indian Buddhism: The Layman/Monk Distinction and the Doctrines of the Transference of Merit

23

(33)

III. Filial Piety and the Monk in the Practice of Indian Buddhism: A Question of "Sinicization" Viewed from the Other Side

56

(16)

IV. The Ritual Obligations and Donor Roles of Monks in the Pali Vinaya

72

(14)

V. The Stupa Cult and the Extant Pali Vinaya

86

(13)

VI. Monks and the Relic Cult in the Mahaparinibbana-sutta: An Old Misunderstanding in Regard to Monastic Buddhism

99

(15)

VII. Burial Ad Sanctos and the Physics Presence of the Buddha in Early Indian Buddhism: A Study in the Archaeology of Religions

114

(34)

VIII. On the Buddha and His Bones: The Conception of a Relic in the Inscriptions from Nagarjunikonda

148

(17)

IX. An Old Inscription from Amaravati and the Cult of the Local Monastic Dead in Indian Buddhist Monasteries

165

(39)

X. On Avoiding Ghosts and Social Censure: Monastic Funerals in the Mulasarvastivada-vinaya

204

(34)

XI. On Monks, Nuns, and "Vulgar" Practices: The Introduction of the Image Cult into Indian Buddhism

238

(20)

XII. The Buddha as an Owner of Property and Permanent Resident in Medieval Indian Monasteries

258

(33)

Index of Archaeological Sites and Inscriptions

291

(3)

Index of Texts

294

(2)

Index of Words, Phrases, and Formulae

296

(2)

Index of Subjects

298

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