{"title":"Buddhist life \u0026 practice","description":"Books on the subject of Buddhist life \u0026amp; practice","products":[{"product_id":"buddhism-and-law-an-introduction-paperback-9780521734196","title":"Buddhism and Law; An Introduction (Paperback) 9780521734196","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBuddhism and Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebecca Redwood French (Edited by), Mark A. Nathan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521734196, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e407 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  7 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a pre-existing legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The wide-ranging studies in this book reveal a diversity of relationships between Buddhist monastic codes and secular legal systems in terms of substantive rules, factoring, and ritual practices. This volume will be an essential resource for all students and teachers in Buddhist studies, law and religion, and comparative law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroducing Buddhism and law Rebecca Redwood French and Mark A. Nathan\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Roots of Buddhism and Law in India: 1. Society at the time of the Buddha Kumkum Roy\u003cbr\u003e 2. What the Vinayas can tell us about law Petra Kieffer-Pülz\u003cbr\u003e 3. Keeping the Buddha's rules: the view from the S?tra Piaka Rupert Gethin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Proper possessions: Buddhist attitudes toward material property Jacob N. Kinnard\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the legal and economic activities of Buddhist nuns: two examples from early India Gregory Schopen\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Buddhism and Law in South and Southeast Asia: 6. Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka Sunil Goonasekera\u003cbr\u003e 7. Flanked by images of our Buddha: community, law, and religion in a premodern Buddhist context Jonathan S. Walters\u003cbr\u003e 8. The legal regulation of Buddhism in contemporary Sri Lanka Benjamin Schonthal\u003cbr\u003e 9. P?li Buddhist law in Southeast Asia Andrew Huxley\u003cbr\u003e 10. Genres and jurisdictions: laws governing monastic inheritance in seventeenth-century Burma Christian Lammerts\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Buddhism and Law in East Asia: 11. Buddhism and law in China: the emergence of distinctive patterns in Chinese history T. H. Barrett\u003cbr\u003e 12. The ownership and theft of monastic land in Ming China Timothy Brook\u003cbr\u003e 13. Buddhism and law in China: Qing Dynasty to the present Anthony Dicks\u003cbr\u003e 14. Buddhism and law in Korean history: from parallel transmission to institutional divergence Mark A. Nathan\u003cbr\u003e 15. Buddhism and law in Japan Brian Ruppert\u003cbr\u003e 16. Relic theft in medieval Japan Bernard Faure\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Buddhism and Law in North Asia and the Himalayan Region: 17. Buddhism and law in Tibet Rebecca Redwood French\u003cbr\u003e 18. Buddhist laws in Mongolia Vesna A. Wallace\u003cbr\u003e 19. Karma, monastic law, and gender justice Karma Lekshe Tsomo\u003cbr\u003e 20. Buddhism and constitutions in Bhutan Richard W. 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Hu?nh Cao Nh?t Quang, Religious Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Ethics' was not developed as a separate branch of philosophy in Buddhist traditions until the modern period, though Buddhist philosophers have always been concerned with the moral significance of thoughts, emotions, intentions, actions, virtues, and precepts. Their most penetrating forms of moral reflection have been developed within disciplines of practice aimed at achieving freedom and peace. This Element first offers a brief overview of Buddhist thought and modern scholarly approaches to its diverse forms of moral reflection. It then explores two of the most prominent philosophers from the main strands of the Indian Buddhist tradition – Buddhaghosa and ??ntideva – in a comparative fashion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 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Nathan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521515795, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e407 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  7 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a pre-existing legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The wide-ranging studies in this book reveal a diversity of relationships between Buddhist monastic codes and secular legal systems in terms of substantive rules, factoring, and ritual practices. This volume will be an essential resource for all students and teachers in Buddhist studies, law and religion, and comparative law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroducing Buddhism and law Rebecca Redwood French and Mark A. Nathan\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Roots of Buddhism and Law in India: 1. Society at the time of the Buddha Kumkum Roy\u003cbr\u003e 2. What the Vinayas can tell us about law Petra Kieffer-Pülz\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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