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

by Michael Lempert (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $44.95

  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.