Dans le cadre de son cycle de conférences « Tibet in Canada/Canada in Tibet », le Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur le Tibet et l’Himalaya (GRITH) de l’Université de Laval, au Québec, annonce la présentation de l’ouvrage suivant :
Buddhist Hermits in Eastern Tibet: Saint-Making and Ascetic Performance
par Maria Turek
le vendredi 13 juin à 13:30 EST (19:30 heure de Paris)
Résumé :
Based on ethnographic research (2007–2008) at a remote hermitage in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province in China, this book examines contemplative practices and ascetic regimes as performances of renunciation, self-formation, and devotion, arguing that the master performs the ideal of Buddhist asceticism via his body and in front of a participant audience. Paralleling Tibet’s famed hermit Milarepa (11/12th century), the master is believed to have achieved liberation « in this body and life, » demonstrating that renunciation can be empowering and elite practices and local tradition can be relatable to untrained laity and transnational practitioners alike. Providing new insights and capturing a vital aspect of the ethno-religious revival among Tibetans in China, this publication enhances our understanding of Buddhist meditation in retreat and of the social and embodied dimensions of spiritual liberation.
Magdalena Maria Turek earned her PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin. She previously held a full-time faculty position at Bonn University and was a Research Fellow with the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies at the American Council of Learned Societies. Her research examines how contemporary reiterations of Tibetan Buddhist orthopraxy, local narratives, and religious historiography shape Buddhist identities among Tibetans in China and the diaspora. More broadly, her work engages with the intersections of traditional identity and contemporary belonging. She has been based in Toronto for a number of years.
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