“Mountain Dharma: Meditative Retreat and the Tibetan Ascetic Self” (Columbia University Press, 2025), by David DeValerio, is a study of a unique and defining feature of Tibetan Buddhism: the tradition of withdrawing to a cave or a cloister to meditate intensively for years, even decades at a stretch, while having minimal contact with other people.<\/p>\n
The book draws from more than two dozen texts offering instructions for the practice, written between the 12th century and the early decades of the 21st, to trace a genealogy of the Tibetan ascetic self. This informal presentation will include an overview of the project, a demonstration of how the argument of one chapter is developed and some of the book’s main takeaway points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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