Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture by Jeffrey Samuels

Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture

Topics in Contemporary Buddhism

Jeffrey Samuels

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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 emotio...

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