LEADER 03273 am 22005533u 450 001 9910140293703321 005 20210203143308.0 010 $z9789038220147$q(paperback) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000517663 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001111232 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12465336 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001111232 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11128473 035 $a(PQKB)11391545 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000517663 100 $a20160829d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $au|b|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPure mind in a clean body $ebodily care in the Buddhist monasteries of ancient India and China /$fAnn Heirman & Mathieu Torck 210 1$aGhent, Belgium :$cGinkgo Academia Press,$d2012. 311 08$aPrint version: 9789038220147 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Buddhist monasteries, in both Ancient India and China, have played a crucial social role, for religious as well as for lay people. They rightfully attract the attention of many scholars, discussing historical backgrounds, institutional networks, or influential maters. Still, some aspects of monastic life have not yet received the attention they deserve. This book therefore aims to study some of the most essential, but often overlooked, issues of Buddhist life: namely, practices and objects of bodily care. For monastic authors, bodily care primarily involves bathing, washing, cleaning, shaving and triming the nails, activities of everyday life that are performed by lay people and moastics alike. In this sense, they are all highly recognizable and, while structuring monastic life, equally provide a potential bridge between two worlds that are constantly interacting with each other: monastic people and their lay followers. Bodily practices might by viewed as relatiely simple and elementary, but it is exactly through their triviality that they give us a clear insight into the structure and development of Buddhist monasteries. Over time, Buddhist monks and nuns have, through their painstaking effort into regulating bodily care, defined the identity of Buddhist sam?gha, overtly displaying it to the laity"--Back cover 606 $aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)$xHistory$zIndia 606 $aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)$xHistory$zChina 606 $aHuman body$xBuddhism$xReligious aspects$zChina 606 $aHygiene$xReligious aspects$zIndia 606 $aHygiene$xHistory 606 $aHygiene in literature$xConduct of life 606 $aBuddhist monks 608 $bElectronic books. 615 0$aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)$xHistory 615 0$aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)$xHistory 615 0$aHuman body$xBuddhism$xReligious aspects 615 0$aHygiene$xReligious aspects 615 0$aHygiene$xHistory. 615 0$aHygiene in literature$xConduct of life. 615 0$aBuddhist monks. 676 $a294.36570954 700 $aHeirman$b Ann$0674277 702 $aHeirman$b Ann 702 $aTorck$b Mathieu 801 0$bPQKB 912 $a9910140293703321 996 $aPure mind in a clean body$92262614 997 $aUNINA