The words and world of Ge bcags Nunnery : tantric meditation in context / by Elizabeth McDougal.
| Author/creator | McDougal, Elizabeth author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 56. ^A691445 |
| Contents | Prologue: Two Senior Ge bcags Nuns -- Introduction -- 1. The Political and Cultural Landscape of Ge bcags Nunnery -- 2. The Production of a Ge bcags Scriptural Collection -- 3. The Ge bcags Nuns' Lifeworld and their Practice System -- 4. Ge bcags' Mind-body Paradigm and Principles of Learning -- 5. Ge bcags' Tacit Quality of Knowledge and the Nuns' Ways of Reading -- 6. Ge bcags' Annual bKa' brgyad sgrub chen -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Annotated Translation of the Anuyoga Section of the bKa' brgyad sgrub chen Scripture -- Appendix B: Anuyoga Section of the bKa' brgyad sgrub chen Scripture (Tibetan text) -- Works Cited. |
| Abstract | "Ge bcags (Gebchak) dgon pa, founded in 1892 in Nang chen, Khams (Qinghai Province, PRC), is still active today with around 250 nuns practising intensive Vajrayāna rituals, yogas and meditation. The nuns' knowledge goal is embodied, nonconceptual awareness, yet they spend many hours daily reading texts as part of their training. By investigating the whole context of the nuns' lifeworld and ways of learning, this ethnography questions the role of reading in Ge bcags' tacit knowledge tradition. At a time when Tibetan learning practices are quickly modernising, this book demonstrates a Buddhist tradition whose textual knowledge is not exactly literal, but cultivated through continuous, whole person learning"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: McDougal, Elizabeth. Words and world of Ge bcags Nunnery Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024 9789004691742 |
| LCCN | 2023052766 |
| ISBN | 9789004687271 |
| ISBN | 9004687270 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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