The sound of two hands clapping : the education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk / Georges B.J. Dreyfus.
Dreyfus, Georges B. J.
2003
BQ7756 .D74 2003 (Mapit)
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Title The sound of two hands clapping : the education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk / Georges B.J. Dreyfus.
Author Dreyfus, Georges B. J.
ISBN 0520232607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520232593 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Berkeley, Calif : University of California Press, c2003.
Language English
Description xv, 445 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number BQ7756 .D74 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.3/75
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-417) and index.
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PART 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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