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MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

Record ID marc_ithaca_college/ic_marc.mrc:200187681:1583
Source Ithaca College Library
Download Link /show-records/marc_ithaca_college/ic_marc.mrc:200187681:1583?format=raw

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100 1 $aDreyfus, Georges B. J.
245 14 $aThe sound of two hands clapping :$bthe education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk /$cGeorges B.J. Dreyfus.
260 $aBerkeley, Calif :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2003.
300 $axv, 445 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-417) and index.
505 0 $aPART 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.
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650 0 $aMonastic and religious life (Buddhism)$zChina$zTibet.
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