Tibetan Monastic Life in the Past and Present

Although numerous books have been written on thedeserves special attention within a study of the
teachings and philosophy of the Buddha, little isreligious life of human history. The entire social,
known about the manner in which that philosophy ispolitical and cultural history of Tibet and other central
put into practice, that is to say, how Buddhist monksAsian countries was greatly influenced by the
live and work and how the monastic systemmonasteries.
functions. The Tibetan monastic life, in particular,