The Legal Authority of the Buddha Over the Buddhist Order of Monks
Soon after Gotama the Buddha Sakyamuni obtained his Enlightenment in 531 B.C. he established the basis of a self-governing Religious Order (Sangha). The rules of this community (Vinaya) were framed and promulgated by the Buddha himself.It is the general belief that the Buddha was concerned solely wi...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1983
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1983, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-323 |
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