Eastern Monarchism: Account of the Origin, Laws, Discipline, Sacred Writings, Mysterious Rites, Religious Ceremonies and Present Circumstances of the order of Mendicants founded by Gautama Buddha
Hardy, R. Spence
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 3915
ISBN-10 : 81-7030-159-9 / 8170301599
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7030-159-2 / 9788170301592
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
1989
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
x, 494p., Gloss., Index, 23 cm. (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series Vol. 49)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Gotama Budha; The Law and Regulations of the Priesthood; Names and Titles; The Noviciate; Ordination; Celibacy; Poverty; Mendicancy; The Diet; Sleep; The Tonsure; The Habit; The Residence; Obedience; The Exercise of Discipline; Miscellaneous Regulations; The Order of Nuns; The Sacred Books; Modes of Worship, Ceremonies, and Festivals; Meditation; Ascetic Rites and Supernatural Powers; Nirwana: its Paths and Fruition; The Modern Priesthood; The Voice of the Past; The Prospects of the Future.