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The sound of two hands clapping : the education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk / Georges B.J. Dreyfus.
A unique insider's account of day-to-day life inside a Tibetan monastery, 'The Sound of Two Hands Clapping' reveals to Western audiences the fascinating details of monastic education.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520928244
- ISBN: 0520928245
- ISBN: 0585468818
- ISBN: 9780585468815
- ISBN: 0520232593
- ISBN: 9780520232594
- ISBN: 0520232607
- ISBN: 9780520232600
- ISBN: 1597349070
- ISBN: 9781597349079
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 445 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Publisher: Berkeley, Calif : University of California Press, ©2003.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-417) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | PART I. THE CONTEXT -- Tibetan Buddhism: a brief historical overview -- Tibetan monasticism -- Becoming a monk: teacher and discipline -- PART II. TIBETAN SCHOLASTIC PRACTICES -- Literacy and memorization -- General structure of the Tibetan curriculum -- Two curricular models -- Scholasticism and orality: myth and reality -- Commentary and meditation -- Supplement: hermeneutical or deconstructive? -- Debate as practice -- Debate in the curriculum -- Is debate a mode of inquiry? -- PART III. REFLECTIONS -- Rationality and spirit cult -- Limits of the inquiry -- Conclusion: past and future uncertainties. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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