Tibetan Guru, Western Disciple
The Systematic Dynamics of Guru Yoga in Euro-North American Gelug-pa Formations
What is the traditional nature and function of the guru/disciple relation in Tibetan Buddhism? How is this relation being understood and practised today in the West? This book explores the adaptation of the Tibetan Buddhist guru/disciple relation by Euro-North American communities, and argues that its praxis is that of a self-motivated disciple's devotion to a perceptibly selfless guru. Chapter one provides reception genealogies of the Tibetan guru/disciple relation in Euro-North American scholarship, and in both Tibetan and Euro-North American practice formations. Through a structural text analysis, chapter two argues that the basic definiti…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-659-28219-5
- EAN: 9783659282195
- Produktnummer: 37746228
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.6 cm 161 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 161
Über den Autor
Christopher Emory-Moore completed a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Concordia University in 2009, and a Master of Arts in Religious Studies at the University of Calgary in 2012.
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