{"product_id":"bones-stones-and-buddhist-monks-collected-papers-on-the-archaeology-epigraphy-and-texts-of-monastic-buddhism-in-india-paperback-softback-9780824818708","title":"Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks; Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India (Paperback \/ softback) 9780824818708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBones, Stones and Buddhist Monks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCollected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory Schopen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780824818708\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.467 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNo serious scholar of Buddhist studies can afford to ignore this argumentative, challenging, and provocative set of essays.... In each case, Schopen's arguments are refreshing, honest, often brilliant, and always cogently presented.\" —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shopen has written a number of articles that have challenged some of the most basic assumptions in the field of Buddhist Studies, and this book is a collection of the most influential of his works. Several are rightly regarded as classic studies in the field, and all should be required reading for anyone with more than a passing interest in Buddhist Studies.\" —\u003ci\u003eJapanese Journal of Religious Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Schopen's treatment of this material has been extremely insightful and original, and his work has been instrumental in overturning many of the cherished convictions that had long constituted the 'received wisdom' of Buddhist studies. In particular, his articles have prompted significant revision in thought regarding the development of Mahayana and regarding the role of the monastic religious in Buddhist cultic life.\" —\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy East and West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the Preface \"The present volume provides an essential foundation for a social history of Indian Buddhist monasticism. Challenging the popular stereotype that represented the accumulation of merit as the domain of the layperson while monks concerned themselves with more sophisticated realms of doctrine and meditation, Professor Schopen problematizes many assumptions about the lay-monastic distinction by demonstrating that monks and nuns, both the scholastic elites and the less learned, participated actively in a wide range of ritual practices and institutions that have heretofore been judged 'popular,' from the accumulation and transfer of merit; to the care of deceased relatives;.... Taken together, the studies contained in this volume represent the basis for a new historiography of Buddhism, not only for their critique of many of the idees recues of Buddhist Studies but for the compelling connections they draw between apparently disparate details.\" —Donald S. Lopez, Jr.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Hawai'i Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670852235544,"sku":"9780824818708","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bones-stones-and-buddhist-monks-collected-papers-on-the-archaeology-epigraphy-and-texts-of-monastic-buddhism-in-india-paperback-softback-9780824818708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}