TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lempert,Michael
TI  - Discipline and Debate: the Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
SN  - 9780520952010 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BQ7758.I4 
U1  - 294.3/5697 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
KW  - Education
KW  - China
KW  - Tibet Autonomous Region
KW  - Liberalism (Religion)
KW  - India
KW  - Violence
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Discipline
KW  - Tibetans
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION / Buddhism / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
N2  - 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 Dalai Lama--adopt liberal and democratic ideals, such as natural rights and individual autonomy. In the first in-depth account of disciplinary practices at a Tibetan monastery in India, Michael Lempert looks closely at everyday education rites--from debate to reprimand and corporal punishment. His analys
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