From Abstract Concepts to Experiential Knowledge: Embodying Enlightenment in a Meditation Center

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-489

  Pagis, Michal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Embodiment; Knowledge; Meditation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149496371     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-010-9169-6     Document Type: Article

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