This volume provides a first step towards a conceptual history of a key term in traditional Chinese culture, "qing," often translated as 'emotion'. The essays cover the classical period and Chan Buddhist sources, in addition to Ming-Qing fiction and drama.
This volume provides a first step towards a conceptual history of a key term in traditional Chinese culture, "qing," often translated as 'emotion'. Th...
Behind the stereotype of a solitary meditator closing his eyes to the world, meditation always takes place in close interaction with the surrounding culture. Meditation and Culture: The Interplay of Practice and Context explores cases in which the relation between meditative practice and cultural context is particularly complex.
The internationally-renowned contributors discuss practices that travel from one culture to another, or are surrounded by competing cultures. They explore cultures that bring together competing practices, or that are themselves mosaics of elements of...
Behind the stereotype of a solitary meditator closing his eyes to the world, meditation always takes place in close interaction with the surroundin...
