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The sociology of early Buddhism/

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bailey, Greg, 1948-
Other Authors: Mabbett, Ian W.
Format: Book
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Social aspects > India.
Mediation > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) > India.
Budizm > Sosyal açıdan > Hindistan.
Meditasyon > Dini açıdan > Budizm.
Table of Contents:
  • The problem: asceticism and urban life
  • The social elite
  • Economic conditions
  • Urbanization, urbanism and the development of large-scale political structures
  • Brahmins and other competitors
  • Folk religion and cosmology: meeting of two thought worlds
  • The holy man
  • Preparation of the monk for the mediatory role. Evidence from the Sutta Nipāta
  • The Dhammapada and the images of the bhikkhu
  • The mediating role as shown in the canon
  • Exchange
  • Conclusion.

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