{"product_id":"the-words-and-world-of-elizabeth-mcdougal-9789004687271","title":"The Words and World of GE Bcags Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context","description":"\u003ci\u003eGe bcags\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGebchak\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003edgon pa\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004687270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004687271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Elizabeth McDougal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809727607039,"sku":"9789004687271","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0ee256a-ed17-451a-a377-6b1ef5675701.jpg?v=1707927311","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-words-and-world-of-elizabeth-mcdougal-9789004687271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}