Spacious Minds - Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism

"Investigates how Buddhist concepts of time, memory, and emotion frame resilience practices within the Tibetan diaspora, suggesting that trauma, a culturally bound concept, has the potential to enhance interdependence and connection"--Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration

Central Characters

Introduction

1. Life in Exile

2. Mind Training

3. Resisting Chronicity

4. The Paradox of Testimony

5. Open Sky of Mind

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

About the author

Sara E. Lewis

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781501715358
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-1535-8
• No. of pages: 277
• 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