عنوان

Meditation in modern Buddhism :

شرايط تهيه و بها

(hardback)

شرايط تهيه و بها

(hardback)

شابک

0521119383

شابک

9780521119382

شماره

b528454

عنوان اصلي

Meditation in modern Buddhism :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

renunciation and change in Thai monastic life /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Joanna Cook

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Cambridge University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2010

نام خاص و کميت اثر

ix, 214 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill. ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Meditation and monasticism: making the ascetic self in Thailand -- Meditation and religious reform -- The monastic community: duty and structure -- Meditation as ethical imperative -- Language and meditation -- Monastic duty, mindfulness and cognitive space -- Money, mae chee and reciprocity -- Hierarchy, gender and mindfulness -- Monasticization and the ascetic interiority of non-self -- Appendix: ordination transcript for an eight-precept nun (mae chee)

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

"In contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassanā meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail, and explores the subjective signification of monastic duties and ascetic practices. Drawing on fieldwork done both as an analytical observer and as a full participant in the life of the monastery, Joanna Cook analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers, and shows what effect meditative practices have on individuals and community organization. The particular focus on the status of mae chee - part lay, part monastic - provides a fresh insight into social relationships and gender hierarchy within the context of the monastery"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)-- Thailand

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Cook, Joanna,1978-

تاريخ عمليات

20101218003014.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y