Buddhist Monastic Discipline Contains two significant Buddhist monastic disciplinary texts-the Sanskrit Pratimoksa Sutras of the Mahasamghikas and Mulasarvastivadins- for the first time, translated into English. They are printed on facing pages for ease of comparison. One of the texts is that of a very early Buddhist schools first appearing in the 4th century BCE, and the other is one not mentioned in the records until the 7th century CE. The contrasting texts thus highlight the development practices.
Two introductory chapters precede the translated Sutras. The first gives an overview of the rise of Buddhist monasticism; and provisionally identifies the problematics inherent in Pratimoksa study, pointing the way to needed research. The translated Sutras were found and edited.
The translated texts are thoroughly annotated, often highlighting hitherto unknown grammatical variants hitherto unknown grammatical variants in Buddhist Hybird Sanskrit, and are followed by a concordance table of Bhiksu language and by a selected bibliography.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles S Prebish
Charles S. Prebish (B.A., Western REserve University; M.A., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. His prior books include Introduction to Religions of the East: Reader , Buddhist Monastic Discipline, Buddhism: A Modern Perspective, American Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics: A Cross-Cultural Approach, and Religion and Sport; the Meeting of Sacred and Profane. He has published nearly fifty professional articles and chapters in such journals as The Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, History of Religions, and Buddhist Studies Review. In 19+76 he was elected to a five-year term as Associate Secretary of the International Association of Buddhist Studies and was elected to two further terms on the Board of Directors. in 1981 he was elected to a five-year term as Co-Chairman of the Buddhism Group of the American Academy of Religion. He has been active in a number of other professional organization, including the Association for Asian Studies, American Oriental Society, Pali Text Society, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. In 1993 he was invited to hold the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary during the Fall semester.
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