TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wijayaratna,Môhan
TI  - Buddhist monastic life: according to the texts of the Theravāda tradition 
SN  - 0521364280
U1  - 294.3657 WIJ 
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
KW  - Theravāda Buddhism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxi) and index
N2  - This 1991 book provides a brief yet detailed account of the ideal way of life prescribed for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Pali texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism. The author describes the way in which the Buddha's disciples institutionalized his teachings about such things as food, dress, money, chastity, solitude and discipleship
ER  -