Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew T. Kapstein

Author:Matthew T. Kapstein [Kapstein, Matthew T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780199735129
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-01-15T07:00:00+00:00

6. Monks practicing debate in the courtyard of Ganden monastery, Tsongkhapa’s seat in Central Tibet.

Debate encouraged able students to explore the implications of the texts they were simultaneously engaged in mastering. In some monastic colleges, the accent was placed less on debate and more on oral and written commentary, resembling the emphasis in some types of Western education on “explication de texte.” Several pedagogical styles thus emerged, characterizing in part the approaches of differing monastic orders.

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