Ann Heirman
Biographic Data
| ID | 707032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Heirman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Heirman |
| SIGNATURE | HEIRMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6148-6487 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What about Rats? Buddhist Disciplinary Guidelines on Rats: Daoxuan's Vinaya Commentaries
Buddhist texts generally prohibit the killing or harming of any sentient being. However, while such a ban may seem straightforward, it becomes much more complex when annoying or dangerous animals are involved. This paper focuses on one such animal-the rat. These rodents feature prominently in monastics' daily lives, so it should come as no surprise that both Indian and Chinese Buddhist masters pay attention to them. In the first part of the paper…
Protecting Insects in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: Daoxuan’s Vinaya Commentaries
Buddhist texts generally prohibit the killing of all sentient beings. This is certainly the case in vinaya (disciplinary) texts, which contain strict guidelines on the preservation of all human and animal life. When these vinaya texts were translated into Chinese, they formed the core of Buddhist behavioural codes, influencing both monastic and lay followers. Chinese vinaya masters, such as Daoxuan ?? (596–667) and Yijing ?? (635–713), wrote exte…
How to Deal with Dangerous and Annoying Animals: A Vinaya Perspective
Against the background of guidelines on non-killing and developing ideas on the release of captured or domesticated animals, this study focuses on how vinaya (disciplinary) texts deal with dangerous and/or annoying animals, such as snakes, mosquitoes, and flies. Are there any circumstances in which they may be killed, captured, or repelled? Or should they be endured and ignored, or even protected and cherished, at all times? This paper discusses …
Buddhist Nuns Through the Eyes of Leading Early Tang Masters
The first Chinese Buddhist nuns were ordained in the monks' community only, despite disciplinary guidelines stating that nuns should be ordained both in the nuns' community (bhikṣuṇīsaṃgha) and in the monks' community (bhikṣusaṃgha). As can be seen from the Biqiuni zhuan 比丘尼傳, which is a collection of biographies of Chinese nuns compiled in the early sixth century, this situation gave rise to discussions on the legal status of the Chinese bhikṣuṇ…
The Gurudharmas in Buddhist Nunneries of Mainland China
According to tradition, when the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother Mah?praj?pat? was allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, she accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present, and this is no less the case in Mainland China, where nunneries have started to re-emerge in recent decades. This article first …
The Gurudharmas in Taiwanese Buddhist Nunneries
According to tradition, Mah?praj?pat?, the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother, when allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present. This article first shows how the eight rules became an integrated part of the vinaya (disciplinary texts), and more particularly of th…
Monks for Hire: Liang Wudi’s Use of Household Monks (jiaseng )
Throughout history, Chinese monastic Buddhism has been characterised by a dichotomy between its religious ideal of austerity and the actual wealth of its monasteries. While this contradiction often formed the basis for criticism of Buddhism and/or its institutions, it appeared to be unproblematic to most early Chinese Buddhist commentators, who frequently idealise the (conceptual) poverty of monks, whilst writing on the lavish adornments of their…
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
One of the most debated issues in present-day Buddhism is the question of access of women to a full ordination as a nun (bhiksuni). Of the three extant ordination traditions - Dharmaguptaka, Theravada and Mulasarvastivada, it is only in the first one that both men and women are accepted without any dispute as fully ordained members of the monastic community. This situation has given rise to many discussions pleading for a revival of a full ordina…
Fifth Century Chinese Nuns: An Exemplary Case
According to tradition, the first Buddhist nun, Mah?praj?pat?, accepted eight fundamental rules as a condition for her ordination. One of these rules says that a full ordination ceremony, for a nun, must be carried out in both orders: first in the nuns’ order, and then in the monks’ order. Both orders need to be represented by a quorum of legal witnesses. It implies that in the absence of such a quorum, an ordination cannot be legally held, in vi…
Francesco Sambiasi, a Missing Link in European Map Making in China
When the Jesuit missionaries began to work in China, they attracted the attention of the Chinese by introducing European knowledge. This is the context in which Jesuits such as Matteo Ricci, Giulio Aleni, Francesco Sambiasi and Ferdinand Verbiest made their Chinese‐language world maps. Sambiasi was a man of many talents. He was a tactful diplomat and a learned scientist. His world map shows him to be a skilful adapter of earlier knowledge, which …
Becoming a nun in the Dharmaguptaka tradition
The present article discusses the two stages that, according to the vinaya texts, precede a full ordination of a woman candidate within the samgha: the stages of novice and of probationer. In the context of the present-day discussions on the position of nuns within the samgha, and on the (re)introduction of a nuns' ordination in lineages where today this is not fully accepted, the article focuses on the formal issues that in the Dharmaguptaka vin…
The Spread of Buddhism
In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and spread, but this role was different from region to region. Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped …
The Spread of Buddhism (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
"Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped the presence of particular forms of Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India. The result is a view on the mechanisms that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in regions such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea."--Jacket
Spread of Buddhism
Offenders, Sinners and Criminals: The Consumption of Forbidden Food
One of the most distinguishing features of a Chinesemonk and nun is therefusal to eat or drink certain types of food: it is forbidden to drink alcohol, to eat meat or fish, or to consume five products that have a strong flavour. This was not merely a matter of monastic code. Under the influence of Mahāyāna, with its strong emphasis on compassion, the monastic discipline was subjected to an increased moralisation. At the same time, we see how the …
Der Ursprung der japanischen Vinaya-Schule, Risshu, und die Entwicklung ihrer Lehre und Praxis. László Hankó
Der Ursprung der japanischen Vinaya-Schule, Risshu, und die Entwicklung ihrer Lehre und Praxis. László Hankó. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 2003. xiii, 433 pp. €50. ISBN 3898736202
Daughters of Emptiness, Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns. Beata Grant
Daughters of Emptiness, Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns. Beata Grant. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. x, 192 pp. ISBN 0861713621
Charming Cadavers. Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature. Liz Wilson
Charming Cadavers. Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature. Liz Wilson. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1996. xvi, 258 pp. Cloth: $55.00; £43.95. ISBN 0-226-90053-3; paper: $19.95, £15.95. ISBN 0-226-90054-1
Parajika Precepts for Nuns
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The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China. An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui. Yifa
The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China. An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui. Yifa. (Kuroda Institute, Classics on East Asian Buddhism) University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu 2002. xxx, 352 pp. $60.00. ISBN 0-8248-2494-6
Can We Trace the Early Dharmaguptakas
A Comparative Study of the Pratimoksa, on the Basis of its Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali Versions. W. Pachow
A Comparative Study of the Pratimoksa, on the Basis of its Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali Versions. W. Pachow. (Buddhist Tradition Series 31), Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2000. 240 pp. Rs 395, €26.33. ISBN 81-208-1572-6
On Some Fragments of the Bhiksunipratimoksa of the Sarvastivadins
.
On Parajika
.
Der Pravarana in dem kanonischen Vinaya-Texten der Mulasarvastivadin und der Sarvastivadin. Jin-il Chung
Der Pravarana in dem kanonischen Vinaya-Texten der Mulasarvastivadin und der Sarvastivadin. Jin-il Chung. (Sanskrit-Wörterbuch der buddhistischen Texte aus den Turfan-Funden 7), Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998. 368 pp. ISBN 3-525-26156-X
The Gurudharmas in Buddhist Nunneries of Mainland China
According to tradition, when the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother Mah?praj?pat? was allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, she accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present, and this is no less the case in Mainland China, where nunneries have started to re-emerge in recent decades. This article first …
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
One of the most debated issues in present-day Buddhism is the question of access of women to a full ordination as a nun (bhiksuni). Of the three extant ordination traditions - Dharmaguptaka, Theravada and Mulasarvastivada, it is only in the first one that both men and women are accepted without any dispute as fully ordained members of the monastic community. This situation has given rise to many discussions pleading for a revival of a full ordina…
Francesco Sambiasi, a Missing Link in European Map Making in China
When the Jesuit missionaries began to work in China, they attracted the attention of the Chinese by introducing European knowledge. This is the context in which Jesuits such as Matteo Ricci, Giulio Aleni, Francesco Sambiasi and Ferdinand Verbiest made their Chinese‐language world maps. Sambiasi was a man of many talents. He was a tactful diplomat and a learned scientist. His world map shows him to be a skilful adapter of earlier knowledge, which …
Protecting Insects in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: Daoxuan’s Vinaya Commentaries
Buddhist texts generally prohibit the killing of all sentient beings. This is certainly the case in vinaya (disciplinary) texts, which contain strict guidelines on the preservation of all human and animal life. When these vinaya texts were translated into Chinese, they formed the core of Buddhist behavioural codes, influencing both monastic and lay followers. Chinese vinaya masters, such as Daoxuan ?? (596–667) and Yijing ?? (635–713), wrote exte…
How to Deal with Dangerous and Annoying Animals: A Vinaya Perspective
Against the background of guidelines on non-killing and developing ideas on the release of captured or domesticated animals, this study focuses on how vinaya (disciplinary) texts deal with dangerous and/or annoying animals, such as snakes, mosquitoes, and flies. Are there any circumstances in which they may be killed, captured, or repelled? Or should they be endured and ignored, or even protected and cherished, at all times? This paper discusses …
The Gurudharmas in Taiwanese Buddhist Nunneries
According to tradition, Mah?praj?pat?, the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother, when allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present. This article first shows how the eight rules became an integrated part of the vinaya (disciplinary texts), and more particularly of th…
Monks for Hire: Liang Wudi’s Use of Household Monks (jiaseng )
Throughout history, Chinese monastic Buddhism has been characterised by a dichotomy between its religious ideal of austerity and the actual wealth of its monasteries. While this contradiction often formed the basis for criticism of Buddhism and/or its institutions, it appeared to be unproblematic to most early Chinese Buddhist commentators, who frequently idealise the (conceptual) poverty of monks, whilst writing on the lavish adornments of their…
Fifth Century Chinese Nuns: An Exemplary Case
According to tradition, the first Buddhist nun, Mah?praj?pat?, accepted eight fundamental rules as a condition for her ordination. One of these rules says that a full ordination ceremony, for a nun, must be carried out in both orders: first in the nuns’ order, and then in the monks’ order. Both orders need to be represented by a quorum of legal witnesses. It implies that in the absence of such a quorum, an ordination cannot be legally held, in vi…
On Some Fragments of the Bhiksunipratimoksa of the Sarvastivadins
.
On Parajika
.
Der Pravarana in dem kanonischen Vinaya-Texten der Mulasarvastivadin und der Sarvastivadin. Jin-il Chung
Der Pravarana in dem kanonischen Vinaya-Texten der Mulasarvastivadin und der Sarvastivadin. Jin-il Chung. (Sanskrit-Wörterbuch der buddhistischen Texte aus den Turfan-Funden 7), Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998. 368 pp. ISBN 3-525-26156-X
Die Vorschriften für die Buddhistische Nonnengemeinde im Vinaya-Pitaka der Theravadin. Ute Hüsken
Die Vorschriften für die Buddhistische Nonnengemeinde im Vinaya-Pitaka der Theravadin. Ute Hüsken. (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie 11) Dietrich Meier Veralg, Berlin 1997. 519 pp. ISBN 3-496-02632-4
On Some Fragments of the Bhiksunipratimoksa of the Sarvastivadins
.
A Comparative Study of the Pratimoksa, on the Basis of its Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali Versions. W. Pachow
A Comparative Study of the Pratimoksa, on the Basis of its Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali Versions. W. Pachow. (Buddhist Tradition Series 31), Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2000. 240 pp. Rs 395, €26.33. ISBN 81-208-1572-6
Can We Trace the Early Dharmaguptakas
Parajika Precepts for Nuns
.
The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China. An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui. Yifa
The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China. An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui. Yifa. (Kuroda Institute, Classics on East Asian Buddhism) University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu 2002. xxx, 352 pp. $60.00. ISBN 0-8248-2494-6
Charming Cadavers. Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature. Liz Wilson
Charming Cadavers. Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature. Liz Wilson. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1996. xvi, 258 pp. Cloth: $55.00; £43.95. ISBN 0-226-90053-3; paper: $19.95, £15.95. ISBN 0-226-90054-1
Der Ursprung der japanischen Vinaya-Schule, Risshu, und die Entwicklung ihrer Lehre und Praxis. László Hankó
Der Ursprung der japanischen Vinaya-Schule, Risshu, und die Entwicklung ihrer Lehre und Praxis. László Hankó. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 2003. xiii, 433 pp. €50. ISBN 3898736202
Daughters of Emptiness, Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns. Beata Grant
Daughters of Emptiness, Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns. Beata Grant. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. x, 192 pp. ISBN 0861713621
Offenders, Sinners and Criminals: The Consumption of Forbidden Food
One of the most distinguishing features of a Chinesemonk and nun is therefusal to eat or drink certain types of food: it is forbidden to drink alcohol, to eat meat or fish, or to consume five products that have a strong flavour. This was not merely a matter of monastic code. Under the influence of Mahāyāna, with its strong emphasis on compassion, the monastic discipline was subjected to an increased moralisation. At the same time, we see how the …
The Spread of Buddhism
In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and spread, but this role was different from region to region. Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped …
The Spread of Buddhism (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
"Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped the presence of particular forms of Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India. The result is a view on the mechanisms that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in regions such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea."--Jacket
Spread of Buddhism
Becoming a nun in the Dharmaguptaka tradition
The present article discusses the two stages that, according to the vinaya texts, precede a full ordination of a woman candidate within the samgha: the stages of novice and of probationer. In the context of the present-day discussions on the position of nuns within the samgha, and on the (re)introduction of a nuns' ordination in lineages where today this is not fully accepted, the article focuses on the formal issues that in the Dharmaguptaka vin…
Francesco Sambiasi, a Missing Link in European Map Making in China
When the Jesuit missionaries began to work in China, they attracted the attention of the Chinese by introducing European knowledge. This is the context in which Jesuits such as Matteo Ricci, Giulio Aleni, Francesco Sambiasi and Ferdinand Verbiest made their Chinese‐language world maps. Sambiasi was a man of many talents. He was a tactful diplomat and a learned scientist. His world map shows him to be a skilful adapter of earlier knowledge, which …
Fifth Century Chinese Nuns: An Exemplary Case
According to tradition, the first Buddhist nun, Mah?praj?pat?, accepted eight fundamental rules as a condition for her ordination. One of these rules says that a full ordination ceremony, for a nun, must be carried out in both orders: first in the nuns’ order, and then in the monks’ order. Both orders need to be represented by a quorum of legal witnesses. It implies that in the absence of such a quorum, an ordination cannot be legally held, in vi…
Monks for Hire: Liang Wudi’s Use of Household Monks (jiaseng )
Throughout history, Chinese monastic Buddhism has been characterised by a dichotomy between its religious ideal of austerity and the actual wealth of its monasteries. While this contradiction often formed the basis for criticism of Buddhism and/or its institutions, it appeared to be unproblematic to most early Chinese Buddhist commentators, who frequently idealise the (conceptual) poverty of monks, whilst writing on the lavish adornments of their…
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
One of the most debated issues in present-day Buddhism is the question of access of women to a full ordination as a nun (bhiksuni). Of the three extant ordination traditions - Dharmaguptaka, Theravada and Mulasarvastivada, it is only in the first one that both men and women are accepted without any dispute as fully ordained members of the monastic community. This situation has given rise to many discussions pleading for a revival of a full ordina…
The Gurudharmas in Taiwanese Buddhist Nunneries
According to tradition, Mah?praj?pat?, the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother, when allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present. This article first shows how the eight rules became an integrated part of the vinaya (disciplinary texts), and more particularly of th…
Buddhist Nuns Through the Eyes of Leading Early Tang Masters
The first Chinese Buddhist nuns were ordained in the monks' community only, despite disciplinary guidelines stating that nuns should be ordained both in the nuns' community (bhikṣuṇīsaṃgha) and in the monks' community (bhikṣusaṃgha). As can be seen from the Biqiuni zhuan 比丘尼傳, which is a collection of biographies of Chinese nuns compiled in the early sixth century, this situation gave rise to discussions on the legal status of the Chinese bhikṣuṇ…
The Gurudharmas in Buddhist Nunneries of Mainland China
According to tradition, when the Buddha’s aunt and stepmother Mah?praj?pat? was allowed to join the Buddhist monastic community, she accepted eight ‘fundamental rules’ (gurudharmas) that made the nuns’ order dependent upon the monks’ order. This story has given rise to much debate, in the past as well as in the present, and this is no less the case in Mainland China, where nunneries have started to re-emerge in recent decades. This article first …
How to Deal with Dangerous and Annoying Animals: A Vinaya Perspective
Against the background of guidelines on non-killing and developing ideas on the release of captured or domesticated animals, this study focuses on how vinaya (disciplinary) texts deal with dangerous and/or annoying animals, such as snakes, mosquitoes, and flies. Are there any circumstances in which they may be killed, captured, or repelled? Or should they be endured and ignored, or even protected and cherished, at all times? This paper discusses …
Protecting Insects in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: Daoxuan’s Vinaya Commentaries
Buddhist texts generally prohibit the killing of all sentient beings. This is certainly the case in vinaya (disciplinary) texts, which contain strict guidelines on the preservation of all human and animal life. When these vinaya texts were translated into Chinese, they formed the core of Buddhist behavioural codes, influencing both monastic and lay followers. Chinese vinaya masters, such as Daoxuan ?? (596–667) and Yijing ?? (635–713), wrote exte…
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