Offensive language in Chinese Buddhic discipline texts: The anectodal preambles to the precepts
Chinese Buddhic writings condemn verbal abuse since their very beginning, but it is the translations of Indic works about vinaya that offer a systematic discussion of the topic. The juxtaposition of passages of various monastic discipline texts shows slight yet not unimportant differences concernin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2022-07-01
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Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/6919 |