Dana: Giving and Getting in Pali Buddhism

by Ellison Banks Findly

This book argues that donation is one of the central practices in early Buddhism for, without it, Buddhism would not havesurvived and flourished in the many centuriesof its development and expansion. Buddhist relationship between donors and renunciants developed quickly into a complex web that involves material life and the views about how to attend to it. Buddhist dana`s great success is due to the early and continuing use of accomodation with other faiths as a foundational value,thus allowing the tradition to adapt to changing circumstances.

432 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 2003

About the author

Ellison Banks Findly is Scott M. Johnson ’97 Distinguished Professor of Religion, Emerita at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Professor Findly graduated from Wellesley College in 1971 with a B. A. in Religion, from Columbia University in 1973 with an M.A. in History of Religions, and from Yale University in 1978 with a Ph.D. in Hinduism and Buddhism, specializing in the Rig Veda. She taught at Mt. Holyoke College from 1976-1978, was a visiting curator at the Worcester Art Museum in South Asian art from 1978-1980.

Reviews

[Fabio · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best the book about this controversial argument. Does dana help the progress of the path? Read it and you'll discover.

[Suddhi Nano · Rating 5 out of 5]

读了一半，有事（论文）不能专心，但已经闻道精华！以后有钱了一定买来收藏一本！！