Monks’ Lives Shaped by Food: A Case Study in Myanmar

Theravāda Buddhist monks are strictly limited by the Vinaya (monks’ rules) with regard to their way of acquiring, owning, and consuming food. The most important principle for them is to live as beggars, and to depend on dāna (religious gifts) given by lay people. In Theravāda Buddhism, this way of l...

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Main Author: Ryosuke, Kuramoto (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Japanese Association for Religious Studies 2018
In: Religious studies in Japan
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Pages: 47-64
Further subjects:B Myanmar
B Secular
B Vinaya
B Monks
B Religion
B Theravāda Buddhism
B Monasteries
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