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BUDDHIST IDEAS AND RITUALS IN EARLY INDIA

	Buddhist Ideas And Rituals In Early India by Kwangsu Lee
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The ideology and institution of any religion cannot be separatedfrom its historical context. It forms and social functions areinherently tied to space and time in each society. To understand areligious tradition we have to explore the relationship of exchangebetween religion and society or the forms of cultural and socialentity. The study aims to search for the Buddhist tradition inancient India and Korea. Starting with an examination of thebehaviour patterns socially acquired and transmitted, the studyfurther explores the relationship between the Buddhist traditionand the socio-economic structures in the two countries. This workis based mainly on literary sources ranging from early Buddhisttexts like Nikayas and Dhammapada to tantric texts. Valuableinformation with regard to the Buddhism in early Korean society andIndo-Korean contacts comes from the Samgukyusa in which thenarrative is more and more transformed into myth and legend. Thetime span of this book is from the sixty century B.C. to aboutfifth or sixth century A.D. in India and from the first century toaround ninth century A.D. in the Korean context. The study would befound useful by those studying ancient India, ancient Korea,transformation of Buddhism, Buddhist mechanism for worldly mattersand cultural contacts between India and Korea in the early times.ISBN - 9788173042218

Pages : 198