Precepts, Vaccinations, and Demons:
How Did Chinese Laypeople Perceive the Bodhisattva Precepts?

By T. H. Barrett

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Perhaps to the ordinary believer the very idea of upholding the precepts themselves promised safety as much as moral improvement…

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Published in 2021 in The Eastern Buddhist.

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@article{barrett2021-precepts-vaccinations-demons,
    title={{P}recepts, {V}accinations, and {D}emons: {H}ow {D}id {C}hinese {L}aypeople {P}erceive the {B}odhisattva {P}recepts?},
    author={T. H. Barrett},
    address={Kyoto},
    year=2021,
    journal={The Eastern Buddhist},
    volume=49,
    pages={25--37},
    keywords={ethics,karma,east-asian-roots},
    ranking={rank2},
    url={https://otani.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/9683/files/EB49-1&2-05.pdf}
}

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