{"product_id":"take-the-vinaya-as-your-ester-bianchi-9789004533455","title":"Take the Vinaya as Your Master: Monastic Discipline and Practices in Modern Chinese Buddhism","description":"This volume explores the role played by monastic discipline in the emergence and evolution of modern Chinese Buddhism. \u003cbr\u003e A central feature of the Buddhist tradition, monastic discipline has received growing attention in the contemporary Buddhist world, but little from scholars. Adopting a diachronic perspective and a multidisciplinary approach, contributions by leading scholars investigate relevant Vinaya-related practices in twentieth and twenty-first centuries China and Taiwan, including issues of monastic identity and authenticity, updated ordination procedures, recent variations of Mahāyāna precepts and rules, and original perspectives on body movement and related sport activities. \u003cbr\u003e The restoration and renewal of Vinaya practices and standards within Chinese Buddhist practices shed new light on the response of Buddhist leaders and communities to the challenges of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors are: Ester Bianchi, Raoul Birnbaum, Daniela Campo, Tzu-Lung Chiu, Ann Heirman, Zhe Ji, Yu-chen Li, Pei-ying Lin, and Jiang Wu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ester Bianchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004533451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004533455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.94d","brand":"Ester Bianchi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454088294655,"sku":"9789004533455","price":131.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bf250ad-4fa4-4319-a156-a173e42fa754.jpg?v=1777304101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-the-vinaya-as-your-ester-bianchi-9789004533455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}