Bones, Stones, And Buddhist Monks by Gregory Schopen
Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India
A collection of essays that reexamines early Indian Buddhist practice through inscriptions, archaeological remains, and donative records, foregrounding what people actually did rather than what texts prescribe. It portrays a lived religion centered on relic veneration, merit-making, property, and legal-economic activities, illuminates the roles of monasteries and lay patrons, and challenges assumptions about renunciation by showing the gap between normative rhetoric and everyday monastic life.
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- Published
- 1997
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 350-400
- Original Language
- English
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