Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism

Thông tin sách: Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism (Hardcover, 238 trang) – Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher, 2008. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

Investigating the relationship between early Buddhism and the society in which it developed, this study analyzes aspects of the social, political, religious, and economic environment of the Buddha's era, including the Buddhist system of stratification; the social origins of the bhikkhus and the upasakas; the role of power; the category of gahapati; and the Buddhist concept of the ideal socio-political system.