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Speaking of Monks : Religious Biography in India and China

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The two essays in this volume explore how monks in medieval India and China wrote about themselves and their fellow monks.

Phyllis Granoff translates and discusses biographies and auto-biographies of two Jain monks who lived in the 11th and 14th centure C.E.

Dr. Koichi Shinohara tells us how a community of Chinese Buddhists viewed the life of the founder of their group, and how his biography reflected the changes that the community underwent.

The essays are a result of a joint research project on religious biographies.

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Mosaic Press
0889625441 / 9780889625440
Paperback / softback
01/01/1993
Canada
232 pages
152 x 229 mm, 367 grams