Series | Studi e ricerche
Edited book | In limine
Chapter | Tra la pelle e il mondo
Tra la pelle e il mondo
Il vestiario del Buddha come strumento di codifica identitaria e di gestione delle pratiche monastiche
Abstract
What does it mean to wear the Buddhist robe? As a symbolic act that both defines an individual's social status within a group and conveys specific values, there is more in the act of wearing a garment than just covering an otherwise naked body. In Buddhist texts, the imagery of the robe becomes an institutional device capable of structuring the identity of the individual and of the saṅgha, the Buddhist community. An analysis of the narrations on the different robes wore by the Buddha contained in these texts demonstrates the continuous work of authors and editors in developing and disseminating rules of deportment, standards of conduct, and values for the bhikṣu through textual models.
Submitted: April 21, 2017 | Accepted: May 9, 2017 | Language: it
Keywords Buddha • Buddhist Robe • Dress • Biography • Pāṃśukūla
Copyright © 2017 Marco Guagni. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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