Title The sound of two hands clapping : the education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk / Georges B.J. Dreyfus

Published Berkeley, Calif : University of California Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description xv, 445 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Pt. I. The Context -- 1. Tibetan Buddhism: A Brief Historical Overview -- 2. Tibetan Monasticism -- 3. Becoming a Monk: Teacher and Discipline -- Pt. II. Tibetan Scholastic Practices -- 4. Literacy and Memorization -- 5. The General Structure of the Tibetan Curriculum -- 6. Two Curricular Models -- 7. Scholasticism and Orality: Myth and Reality -- 8. Commentary and Meditation -- 9. The Supplement: Hermeneutical or Deconstructive? -- 10. Debate as Practice -- 11. Debate in the Curriculum -- 12. Is Debate a Mode of Inquiry? -- Pt. III. Reflections -- 13. Rationality and Spirit Cult -- 14. The Limits of the Inquiry -- Conclusion: Past and Future Uncertainties Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-417) and index Subject Buddhist education -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. Buddhist monks -- Education -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. LC no. 2001005494 ISBN 0520232593 cloth alkaline paper 0520232607 paper alkaline paper

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