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

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

by Michael Lempert (Author)

Synopsis

Shows how monasteries use harsh methods to make monks of men, and how this tradition is changing as modernist reformers - like the Dalai Lama - adopt liberal and democratic ideals, such as natural rights and individual autonomy. This title looks at everyday education rites - from debate to reprimand and corporal punishment.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 267
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 29 May 2012

ISBN 10: 0520269462
ISBN 13: 9780520269460