Sisters in Solitude - Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women. A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mulasarvastivada Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras (Paperback, New)


This study is an investigation of the moral percepts and codes of every day conduct by which ordained women regulated their lives. It takes as its basis the Bhiksuni Pratmoksa Sutras of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mulasarvastivada school, preserved in Tibetan translation.

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This study is an investigation of the moral percepts and codes of every day conduct by which ordained women regulated their lives. It takes as its basis the Bhiksuni Pratmoksa Sutras of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mulasarvastivada school, preserved in Tibetan translation.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

State University of New York Press

Country of origin

United States

Series

SUNY series, Feminist Philosophy

Release date

November 1996

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

November 1996

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

198

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-7914-3090-3

Barcode

9780791430903

Categories

LSN

0-7914-3090-1



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