Isbn: 9788120806641 - women under primitive buddhism: laywomen and almswoman: laywomen and almswomen (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. The Laywomen: 1. The mother. 2. The daughter. 3. The wife. 4. The widow. 5. The woman worker. II. The Almswomen: 1. Admission into the order. 2. The eight chief rules for Almswomen. 3. Therigatha (two parts). 4. Life in the order: i. "Poverty, chastity, and obedience"--Food given in Alms--Robes--Bathing--Manual and domestic work--Other regulations for the simple life--Hospitality from Alms-people--Writing and learning--Quarrels among Almswomen--Complaints from Alms-women. ii. Training of novices--Preaching--Meditation--Ways of leaving the order. iii. Intercommunication of Almsmen and Almswomen-- Constitution of the audiences at the discourses--Equality of Almsmen and Almswomen--Forms of address used. iv. Ananda and women--Gotama and women. 5. The order and the laity: i. Donations from the laity to the order-- Almswomen and laymens. ii. Life of Visakha. iii. Preaching to the laity-- Conversion by the laity. Index. "The book is an attempt to present the position of the laywomen and the almswomen in historical focus. Here, for the first time, we read of women of sincere aspirations and earnest will, seeking the more, the better, in life. "For the study of the laywomen the author has exploited the material found in the Canonical literature, the Commentaries thereon, the Jatakas and the Milindapanha, while most of the material for the account of the almswomen is gathered from the Vinayapitaka (especially the Bhikkhuni Khandhaka and the Bhikkhuni- Vibhanga), the Therigatha and the Commentaries. References scattered 391 pp. …

Zustand: New. pp. xxiv + 391, Frontispiece Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…