Managing monks : administrators and administrative roles in indian Buddhist monasticism / / Jonathan A. Silk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954266403321
• Autore: Silk Jonathan A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 9786612053672; 9781282053670; 1282053671; 9780198043812; 0198043813; 9780199852079; 0199852073
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 341 pages)
• Collana: South Asia research
• Disciplina: 294.3/657
• Soggetti: Buddhist monasticism and religious orders - India - Government - History; Buddhism - India - Doctrines - History; Buddhist literature - India - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Technical Details and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Tension between Service and Practice -- 3. Vaiy&amp -- #257 -- prtyakara -- 4. Navakarmika -- 5. V&amp -- #257 -- rika and Specialization of Duties -- 6. *Karmad&amp -- #257 -- na -- 7. Vih&amp -- #257 -- rap&amp -- #257 -- la -- 8. Momodi and &amp -- #256 -- v&amp -- #257 -- sika -- 9. Classified Lists of Administrators -- 10. Misbehaving Managers -- 11. Chinese Terminology and Additional Indian Terms -- 12. The Administered -- 13. Concluding Considerations -- Supplementary Note -- Textual Materials -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.