Discipline and Debate : The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery

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The Dalai Lama has represented Buddhism as a religion of non-violence, compassion, and world peace, but this does not reflect how monks learn their vocation. This book shows how monasteries use harsh methods to make monks of men, and how this tradition is changing as modernist reformers--like the Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lempert, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tibetans > Religion
Liberalism (Religion)
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > Education
Discipline > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Violence > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Tibetains > Inde > Religion.
Discipline > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Liberalisme (Religion) > Inde.
Tibetans > India > Religion.
Liberalism (Religion) > India.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > Education > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
India
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Technical Note on Transcription and Research Methods; Introduction: Liberal Sympathies; Part One: Debate; 1. Dissensus by Design; 2. Debate as a Rite of Institution; 3. Debate as a Diasporic Pedagogy; Part Two: Discipline; 4. Public Reprimand Is Serious Theatre; 5. Affected Signs, Sincere Subjects; Conclusion: The Liberal Subject, in Pieces; Notes; References; Index.

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