Buddhist Ethics in Japan and Tibet: A Comparative Study of the Adoption of Bodhisattva and Pratimoksa Precepts

Author(s)

Karma Lekshe Tsomo PhD, University of San DiegoFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1994

Disciplines

Buddhist Studies | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Abstract

The religious traditions of Japan and Tibet are complex and unique, yet many interesting parallels may be drawn concerning the introduction of Buddhism and its subsequent development in the two countries. Although two very different cultural environments greeted the arrival of the imported faith, we find striking similarities in their early Buddhist history.

Notes

Originally published by Greenwood Press in Buddhist Behavioral Codes and the Modern World: An International Symposium and made available here with the permission of the publisher.

Digital USD Citation

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe PhD, "Buddhist Ethics in Japan and Tibet: A Comparative Study of the Adoption of Bodhisattva and Pratimoksa Precepts" (1994). Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 18.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/thrs-faculty/18