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Article: Asceticism in Buddhism and Brahmanism: A Comparative Study.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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By RYOKAI SHIRAISHI. Buddhica Britannica, series continua, VI. Tring, U.K.: INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES, 1996. Pp. 257.
Originally the author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Delhi, this study is intended "to depict and ascertain the style and nature of ascetic life during the period of Sakyamuni Buddha and his immediate disciples" (p. 1), and to recover "the incipient stage of original Buddhism" (p. 7). This goal is reiterated throughout the book: "the principal aim of this study is to depict Sakyamuni Buddha and his immediate disciples within the context of the society and world in which they lived" (p. 2). The author wants to discover the "Buddha's ...