Knowing body, moving mind: ritualizing and learning at two buddhist centers
Auteur :
Campbell, Patricia Q
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199793822
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2011
Dimensions :
16,3 x 23,6 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
474 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Knowing Body, Moving Mind explores ritualizing and learning in meditation classes at two Buddhist centers in Toronto. Based on interviews with students and teachers, it explores the ways formal Buddhist practices generate learning; discovering that body and mind together gain new skills and understanding by way of embodied, gestural rites.