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Article: Going Forth: Visions of the Buddhist Vinaya.(Book review)
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- Philosophy East and West
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- July 1, 2007
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Going Forth: Visions of the Buddhist Vinaya. Edited by William M. Bodiford. Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism 18. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. Pp. x + 317. Hardcover $48.00.
Monasticism has been a central feature of Buddhism from its earliest inception in ancient India. Monastic ideals, practices, and institutions shaped virtually all aspects of the religion in India and elsewhere, and in many places they still retain their traditional prominence. The Vinaya (monastic code of discipline) was accorded a place of honor as one of the three main divisions of the Buddhist canon(s). As such, it exerted a strong influence on basic Buddhist ...