The role of silence in the production of social order in meditation (on the example of vipassana)
The article considers silence as the most important component of vipassana (meditation technique from early Buddhism) as it is taught in the tradition of S.N. Goenka. As a religious vow, silence is a condition for the successful meditation retreat. Although meditative silence does not seem to form s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2023-06-01
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| Series: | RUDN journal of Sociology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/viewFile/35238/22297 |