Christopher Handy

List of John Benjamins publications in which Christopher Handy is involved.

Article

Handy, Christopher 2019 Supercilious monk at Kiṭāgiri: Early Indian politeness and Buddhist monastic law Exploring (im)politeness in ancient languages, Ridealgh, Kim (ed.), pp. 244–262 | Article

This paper focuses on the concepts of etiquette and politeness within a genre of Buddhist texts known as “vinaya”, or monastic law. These texts were created for the purpose of regulating behavior within the monastic institution. While they are often described by the tradition as a set of ethical… read more