The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (664 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
4.28Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Diggers
.
.
A radical expression of the mid-17th-cent. Leveller movement, whose adherents described themselves as ‘True Levellers’. Inspired by the leadership of Gerard Winstanley and William Everard, the Diggers formed communal settlements, dug and sowed common land in several English counties (1649–50), vigorously maintaining that the earth was a common treasury.
D
gha Nik
ya
gha Nikya(Skt.,
D
rgh
gama
). The ‘
Long Collection
’, the first of the five nik
yas of the S
tra/Sutta Pi
aka of the P
li canon. The P
li version has thirty-four suttas, the Chinese (Mah
y
na) thirty; twenty-seven are common to both. It is divided into three sections, or ‘books’ (
vagga
):
D
rghgama). The ‘
Long Collection
’, the first of the five nik
yas of the Stra/Sutta Piaka of the Pli canon. The Pli version has thirty-four suttas, the Chinese (Mahyna) thirty; twenty-seven are common to both. It is divided into three sections, or ‘books’ (vagga
):
(i) ethical rules, and refutation of false views;
(ii) the Great (Mah
Mah
)
have become important works in their own right;
(iii) the P
P
, of which two discourses,
S
(code for lay Buddhists) and
Other books
To Each Her Own (The Swirl Book 1) by Sylvia Sinclair
Looks to Die For by Janice Kaplan
Sky Pirates by Liesel Schwarz
The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy Doyle
Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson, Steven Moore
Shot in the Dark by Conner, Jennifer
Should've Said No by Tracy March
Double Dare by Rhonda Nelson
Master of Whitestorm by Janny Wurts
