Song, Dance, and Instrumental Music in Buddhist Canon Law

Maintaining a balanced approach to music is a shared challenge in all religions. Depending on the context in which music is used in religious activities, it is either praised as a powerful medium to please the divine or condemned as a sensual allurement that hinders spiritual advancement. This study...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Cuilan
Other Authors: van der Kuijp, Leonard Willem J
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11232
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274198