Spacious Minds - Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism

Spacious Minds argues that resilience is not a mere absence of suffering. Sara E. Lewis's research reveals how those who cope most gracefully may indeed experience deep pain and loss. Looking at the Tibetan diaspora, she challenges perspectives that liken resilience to the hardiness of physical materials, suggesting people should "bounce back"...

Summary

Spacious Minds argues that resilience is not a mere absence of suffering. Sara E. Lewis's research reveals how those who cope most gracefully may indeed experience deep pain and loss. Looking at the Tibetan diaspora, she challenges perspectives that liken resilience to the hardiness of physical materials, suggesting people should "bounce back"...

Product details

• Authors: Sara E. Lewis
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781501715341
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-1534-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Zentralasien, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie