City and Monastery: Stories of Food Donation from  Vinaya-Piṭaka (Suttavibhaṅga and Mahāvagga)

Occupation: senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; docent; Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Affiliation:
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Moscow

Maxim A. Rusanov

Occupation: Professor at the Institute of Classical Orient and Antiquity, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Affiliation: Institute of Classical Orient and Antiquity, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Moscow

Journal name

Vestnik drevnei istorii

Edition

Volume 81 Issue 1

Pages

62-79

Abstract

The compendium of rules of conduct for Buddhist monks and nuns known as Vinaya contains a series of stories about ascetics who relied on alms to survive. These stories present a variety of everyday situations that reflect the relations between the ancient Indian monastic community and surrounding society. The article attempts to identify the problems causing concern to the compilers of Vinaya-piṭaka and to show how various relationships between city and monastery contributed to the formation of a new social hierarchy. Such an interest was manifested particularly in the urban environment because the lack of overlap between social status and material well-being was most sharply felt in that milieu.

Keywords

Buddhism, Pāli Canon, Vinaya-piṭaka, ancient Indian city, Buddhist monastic community

Received

14.09.2020

Publication date

29.03.2021

Number of characters

47708

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GOST	Aleksandrova N., Rusanov M. City and Monastery: Stories of Food Donation from Vinaya-Piṭaka (Suttavibhaṅga and Mahāvagga) // Vestnik drevnei istorii – 2021. – V. 81. – Issue 1 C. 62-79 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910013521-6-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032103910013521-6
MLA	Aleksandrova, Natalia, Rusanov, Maxim A "City and Monastery: Stories of Food Donation from Vinaya-Piṭaka (Suttavibhaṅga and Mahāvagga)." Vestnik drevnei istorii 81.1 (2021):62-79. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910013521-6
APA	Aleksandrova N., Rusanov M. (2021). City and Monastery: Stories of Food Donation from Vinaya-Piṭaka (Suttavibhaṅga and Mahāvagga). Vestnik drevnei istorii 81(1), pp.62-79 DOI: 10.31857/S032103910013521-6

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