Attracting the Heart : : Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture / / Jeffrey Samuels.
An idealized view of the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk might be described according to the doctrinal demand for emotional detachment and, ultimately, the cessation of all desire. Yet monks are also enjoined to practice compassion, a powerful emotion and equally lofty ideal, and live with every other...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in Contemporary Buddhism ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Romanization and Naming Practices
- Dramatis Personae
- Introduction: Buddhism and Social Relations in Contemporary Sri Lanka
- 1. Narada Thero: Affective Bonds and the Making of a Social Service Monk
- 2. Aesthetics of Emotions and Affective Bonds: Monastic Recruitment in Two Sri Lankan Villages
- 3. Aesthetic-Affective Social Networks and Monastic Recruitment
- 4. Learning to Be Novices: Monastic Education and the Construction of Vocation
- 5. Temple Building as Social Service: Family, Community, and Emotion
- Conclusion: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion
- Notes
- References
- Index