In 1419, Jamchen Choje Sakya Yeshe established the Sera Monastery, a monastic university that provides religious education to monks from age 8 up to 70. An integral part of the monks' studies is Buddhist debate. Every afternoon, students gather in an open courtyard to debate the scriptures, using specific gestures (e.g., a downward clap, pull back, push forward) that contain profound meanings. Distributed by TubeMogul.
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nactan 11 months ago
Not hard core. They're learning and pretty junior.
It's nice to see that there is a lot more activity than when I was there 15 years ago.
But, the level of debate was much more focused in those days. There was an enormous amount of style that went into the confrontation between the questioner and the one debating the question. You don't see any of that in this clip.
Sorry... wish it were so.
But it is a nice clip of the youngsters getting their first chops.
pongaguan 1 year ago
thanks for the input
ROCKGUITARMEM 3 years ago
Thank-you this is helpful.
EKSEGAL 4 years ago