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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