[SydPhil] Agora Speaker Series - Dr Elizabeth McDougal

[Sally Cole]

The School of Liberal Arts, University of Wollongong invites you to attend the
Agora Speaker Series
Thursday 20 April, 3.30 to 5.00pm
This is an in-person event at the University of Wollongong - Register here<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Nh87CxngwOfLmG7Axc8v38l?domain=uow.au1.qualtrics.com>


Dr Elizabeth McDougal (Nan Tien Institute)

The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tibetan Buddhist Meditation in Context
This discussion shares an ethnography of how a Tibetan contemplative nunnery reads, writes and practices the words of its own corpus, thereby demonstrating the orientation of Buddhist learning towards mind-body union. The aim of the discussion is to contrast modernity's ways of knowing (its tendency to index reality in language of fixed meanings) with the more tacit, embodied knowledge of Buddhist contemplative cultures - where orality and literacy, knowledge and creative vision, and theory and method are often less distinct. The discussion's further aim is to consider the practical implications of this contrast for methodology in Buddhist Studies, and for adapting contemplative pedagogy in modern education for mental and environmental health.


The Agora Speaker Series is proudly hosted by
The School of Liberal Arts
Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522 Australia
SOLA Enquiries sola-enquiries at uow.edu.au<mailto:sola-enquiries at uow.edu.au>
T +61 2 4221 4160


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