The Presentation of the Vinaya within Forms of Western Scholarship

This article examines the presentation of the Pali Vinaya within a particular form of Western scholarship. The objective is to show how this presentation of 'Vinaya as law' promulgated the understanding that the Vinaya was an applicable code for all monastics, that the Buddha was a judge o...

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Main Author: Voyce, Malcolm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2015]
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-90
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Oldenberg, Hermann 1854-1920 / Davids, Thomas W. Rhys 1843-1922 / Vinaya school / Religion / Law / Interpretation of / Eurocentrism
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
BL Buddhism
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Law
B Vinaya
B MONASTICISM & religious orders
B Ideology
B Pãli
B LEARNING & scholarship
B Social aspects
B Comprehension
B Discipline
B Foucault
Online Access: Volltext (doi)