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Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
By: Queen, Christopher, Charles Prebish, and Damien Keown
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New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West.
Sixteen new essays, including a critical introduction and conclusion, treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace walks through the minefields of South-East Asia, the future of the ‘untouchables’ in Japan, and outreach to minorities and inmates of the criminal justice system in the West are some of the challenging topics
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American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship
By: Duncan Ryuken Williams; Christ
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This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. The academic study of Buddhism in America--including the religions of Asian immigrants and of American-born converts--is barely twenty years old, dating from the works of Charles Prebish and Emma McCoy Layman in the 1970s. A great deal has since then, prompted by new waves of refugees from Southeast Asia and Tibet and by the rising popularity of Buddhist practices in the West.
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Awakening of the West
By: Stephen Batchelor
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The Awakening of the West is a lively history of the West's encounters with Buddhism during the past 2,000 years. From Greek kings to nineteenth century adventurers; from Jesuit missionaries to twentieth century monks, the encounter of Buddhism and the West is filled with vivid personalities and intriguing stories.
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Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism
By: Sallie B. King
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Topics in Contemporary Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning the other. Its leaders make some of the most important contributions in the Buddhist world to thinking about issues in political theory, human rights, nonviolence, and social justice.
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Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art, Jacquelynn Baas and Mary Jane Jacob, editors
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Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art documents the growing presence of Buddhist perspective in contemporary culture. This shift began in the nineteenth century and is now pervasive in many aspects of everyday experience. In the arts especially, the increasing importance of process over product has promoted a profound change in the relationship between artist and audience.
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Buddhism and Abortion
By: Damien Keown
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Abortion is arguably the most controversial and divisive moral issue of modern times, but until now the debate has taken place almost exclusively within a Western cultural, religious and philosophical context.
For the past three decades in the West, arguments both for and against abortion have been mounted by groups of all kinds, from religious fundamentalists to radical feminists and every shade of opinion in between. Rather than mutual understanding, however, the result has been the polarization of opinion and the deepening of entranced positions.
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Buddhism and American Thinkers
By: Inada & Jacobson, editors
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In Buddhism and American Thinkers, leading scholars explore Buddhist influences on the currents of American thought. The essays presented here advance a continuing dialogue between East and West and show how Buddhism has made ever-deepening penetrations into the very substratum of American thinking. Contributors to this volume share a concern with ideas that constitute a common core of Buddhist and American philosophy.
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Buddhism and Ecology
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Buddhism exists in many different forms in many different countries. In this book Buddhists from Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Tibet and the West offer their approaches to ecology and tell of practical activities as well as Buddhist teachings and philosophy. Stories, pictures and poems add to the picture of Buddhism and ecology and the book concludes with a message from the Dalai Lama. The book provides: new ideas and ways of thinking for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike; a resource for group discussions and study in colleges and schools. 114 Pages
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Buddhism and Ecology; The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds
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Given the challenges of the environmental crisis, Buddhism's teaching of the interrelatedness of all life forms may be critical to the recovery of human reciprocity with nature. In this new work, twenty religionists and environmentalists examine Buddhism's understanding of the intricate web of life. In noting the cultural diversity of Buddhism, they highlight aspects of the tradition which may help formulate an effective environmental ethics, citing examples from both Asia and the United States of socially engaged Buddhist projects to protect the environment.
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Buddhism and Human Rights
By: Keown, Damien V., Charles S. Prebich, Wayne R. Husted
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The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intelelctual circles throughout the world, yet so far these matters have received little critical attention from students of Buddhism. The papers in this collection are an attempt to redress this deficiency. Much further reflection is needed on the many complex aspects of this topic before a consistent “Buddhist” perspective on human rights movements.
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Buddhism and Violence
Michael Zimmerman (editor)
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This volume is the outgrowth of a panel on Buddhism and violence at the XIIIth Conference of the international Association of Buddhist studies, held in Bangkok, December 2002. There is as yet no definitive work on the general topic of Buddhism and violence. There are, however, a growing number of studies of specific cases of violence in Buddhism, drawn from particular periods and places. It is hoped that the contributions to this volume, largely following the textual approaches that have dominated Buddhist studies since its origins, will be supplemented by research based on other methodologies and materials to provide rich resources for more comprehensive, multi-layered approaches to the relationship between Buddhism and violence. The content of this volume reflects only indirectly the panel from which it grew. Not all of the panelists present in Bankok were in apposition to submit their paper. Some of the articles retain traces of their oral presentation; others have been completely rewritten. Carmen Meinert and Martin Delhey, though originally part of the panel, were unable to attend and submitted their work at a later date. Brain Victoria, who in Bankok read a paper on "Zen as a religion of death in Japanese Militarism," shifted the focus of his article here to D. T. Suzuki. The piece by Jens Schlieter, not originally a panelist in Bangkok, was included because of its excellent fit with the other case studies presented here and, in particular, the further light it sheds on the studies presented here and, in particular, the further light it sheds on the murder of the Tibetan king langdaram dealt with by Carmen Meinert. One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research, illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain aspects of their doctrines, the traditions of Buddhism, like other religious, have actively or passively promoted - and may continue to promote – violent modes of behaviour or structural violence. The more comprehensive and systematic inquiry hoped for above can only proceed once this fact is fully acknowledge and has challenged the dominated and obstinate perception of Buddhism as a religion that in its conception and history is categorically divorced from violence. Only then will we begin to see the specific character of the relation of the Buddhist traditions to forms of violence, and only then will we be in a position to draw more general conclusions on the shape this relation took over the centuries. This will be a task for the future. [Lumbini International Research Institute]
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Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition
By: Steve Heine & Charles Prebish
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The history of Buddhism has been characterized by an ongoing tension between attempts to preserve traditional ideals and modes of practice and the need to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Many developments in Buddhist history, such as the infusion of esoteric rituals, the rise of devotionalism and lay movements, and the assimilation of warrior practices, reflect the impact of widespread social changes on traditional religious structures. At the same time, Buddhism has been able to maintain its doctrinal purity to a remarkable degree.
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Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Wisdom for the 21st Century
By: Toms et al.
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Suppose your mental awareness allowed you to approach situations from a totally different perspective than is usually true in Western thought. Would your alternatives and/or solutions be multiplied? Buddhism is said to be the fastest-growing religion and one of the most influential spiritual movements in North America and Europe. In this spiritually uplifting book, some of the world's major figures from different schools of Buddhism discuss the significant role that Buddhism is playing in the new planetary culture-one quite different from the usual East-West encounters of the past.
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Buddhist History of the West
By: Loy, David R.
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Studies in Lack
Buddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterparts: generosity, compassion, and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. A Buddhist History of the west investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real.
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Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace
By: Chappell, ed.
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"Buddhists have suffered immeasurably from the brutality and injustice of the modern world; from this crucible has emerged a remarkable generation of Buddhist leadership intently focused on peacebuilding. This volume makes available--for the first time in one place--first-person statements of the ideas and work of such eminent Buddhist leaders as H.H. the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Maha Ghosananda, A.T. Ariyaratne, Daisaku Ikeda, Shih Cheng-yen, Sulak Sivaraksa, And Robert Aitken: a cornucopia of visionary and creative social engagement."--Sallie B. King, Professor of Religion, James Madison University, and co-editor of Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia."
This book is a welcome and highly readable addition to the growing literature on religiously inspired efforts toward world peace. It enlarges and deepens the discussion by asking not only the obvious questions about responsibility and engagement but also the seldom asked and uncomfortable questions about the role of the community and of the individual."--Harvey Cox, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School."
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Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency
By: John Stanley (Editor), David R. Loy (Editor), Gyurme Dorje (Editor)
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Never before have so many teachers from all Buddhist traditions-Zen, Vajrayana, Theravada, Vipassana; from the West and the East-come together to offer a unified response to a matter of utmost urgency. This watershed volume is at the same time a clarion call to action and a bright beacon of hope.
With contributions from: the Dalai Lama, the Seventeenth Karmapa, Sakya Trizin,Dudjom Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Ato Rinpoche,Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche,Thrangu Rinpoche,Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche,Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Robert Aitken, Joanna Macy, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Joseph Goldstein,Taigen Dan Leighton, Susan Murphy,Matthieu Ricard,Hozan Alan Senauke, Lin Jensen, and Thich Nhat Hanh
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Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good
By: Lloyd Field
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All businesses want to do well, but can they also do good? Lloyd Field says yes, and moreover, no business can afford to focus simply on “ doing well.” Increasingly, public assessment of a business’ s worth must take into account its consideration of shared human values. That doesn’ t mean a business can’ t or should not compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can, on many levels, be an asset. In this book, Field lays out the guidelines for putting social responsibility, both corporate and individual, into practice without sacrificing profits. Drawing from traditional Buddhist teachings, Field shows how, with attention to ethics, skillful means, and corporate responsibility, entrepreneurs and decision-makers can achieve new levels of happiness and security both inside the company and out, while acting as a powerful force for positive global change.
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Conflict, Culture, Change; Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World
By: Sulak Sivaraksa
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This book explores the integration of mindfulness with social activism; using Buddhist ethics to confront structural violence; globalization''s threat to traditional identity; and the recent transformation of Thailand.
Sulak Sivaraksa has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and received the Right Livelihood Award and the Gandhi Millennium Award. He is the founder of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists and more than a dozen other international organizations. Born in 1933, the year Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, his life has been intimately bound up with Southeast Asia''s modern history. He was a Buddhist monk for two years, and then completed his higher education in Great Britain, where he also worked as a writer and commentator for the BBC. He is the intellectual voice of his generation in Asia, best known for his indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vision of a more enlightened world. Sulak is author of Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society and more than 100 other books and monographs. He lives in Thailand.
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Contemporary Buddhist Ethics
By: Keown, Damien
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This innovative volume examines a range of contemporary moral issues from a Buddhist perspective. It brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice, in an attempt to lay the foundations for a Buddhist response to some of the most pressing challenges of today and the next millennium.
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Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism
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This unprecedented collection of Buddhist writings on the environment is an essential sourcebook for all those concerned with the philosophical and spiritual basis of a truly ecological worldview. Dharma Rain includes classic Buddhist texts, writings by contemporary teachers and scholars, and resources for environmentally oriented practice and activism. The material illuminates new ways to integrate spiritual and ecological awareness, for Buddhists and non-bUddhists alike.
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Double Exposure, Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses
By: Bernard Faure
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This book explores the possible relations between Western types of rationalit and Buddhism. It also examines some clichŽs about Buddhism and questions th old antinomies of Western culture (Òfaith and reason,Ó or Òidealism an materialismÓ). The use of the Buddhist notion of the Two Truths as a hermeneuti device leads to a double or multiple exposure that will call into question ou mental habits and force us to ask questions differently, to think Òin a new key.
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Engaged Buddhism in the West
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Engaged Buddhism is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society . "Engaged Buddhism in the West" illustrates the evolution of this newest chapter in the Buddhist tradition- including its history, leadership and teachings- and addresses issues such as violence and peace, race and gender, homelessness, prisons, and the environment.
Twenty new studies explore the activism of renowned leaders and organizations such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Bernard Glassman, Joanna Macy, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and the Free Tibet movement, and the emergence of a new Buddhism in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia.
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Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia
By: Queen, Christopher S. and King, Sallie B., Ed.
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This is the first comprehensive study of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in the lands of its origin. Nine accounts of contemporary movements in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan are framed by interpretive essays. The historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism are considered in the light of traditional Buddhist conceptions of morality, interdependence, and liberation; and Western ideas of freedom, human rights, and democracy.
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Engaged Buddhism: The Dalai Lama's Worldview
By: Bharati Puri
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The Dalai Lama’s ethical teachings have gained recognition the world over. His actions and writings reflect a concern for combining ancient religious traditions with a religious cause, extending to the arena of international polticis and human relations.
Highlighting the relevance of traditional Budhist ideals of wisdom and compassion in modern social activism, Engaged Buddhism is a movement that seeks to synthesize philosophy and life. Arguably the most renowned of the Engaged Budhists, the Dalai Lama’s thought symbolizes a religious and ethical response to situations and the human condition.
One of the first books to analyse the conceptual foundations of the Dalai Lama’s thought, this volume elaborates on various issues such as his views on human rights, religion, non-viiolent conflict resolution, and the enviornment. Puri carries out an in-depth analysis of the Dalai Lama’s thought by categorizing it under various sub-themes. Allusions to other thinkers and writers draw parallels to the thought of the Dalai Lama, thus highlighting its eclectic dimensions.
The book includes an interview Puri had conducted personally with the Dalai Lama, a revealing first-hand account of his life and philosophy. Also included is comprehensive bibliography of works by and on the Dalai Lama.
This important volume will attract a wide audience of students and scholars across religion, philosophy, Buddhist studies, Tibetan studies, peace studies, and international relations. The lay reader too will find this an informative and a rewarding read.
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Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World
By: Donald Rothberg
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By the time Donald Rothberg was in his early twenties, he knew he had two vocations. He wanted to dedicate himself to justice and social change, and he wanted to commit himself to exploring the depths of human consciousnes--to an awakening of our deeper spiritual nature. It has been his life's work, as an activist, organizer, writer, and teacher, to bring these two paths together and to reveal how deeply they require one another.
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Environmental Ethics in Buddhism A Virtues Approach
By: Pragati Sahni
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An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David-Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet’s forbidden city.
In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control and the military to reach her goal.
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Faces of Buddhism
By: Charles Prebish & Kenneth Tanaka
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The contributors investigate newly Americanized Asian traditions such as Tibetan, Zen, Nichiren, Jodo Shinshu, and Theravada Buddhism and the changes they undergo to meet the expectations of a Western culture desperate for spiritual guidance. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting Buddhism for the first time in its three-thousand-year history and are powerfully addressed here.
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Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory
By: Loy, David R.
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A Buddhist Social Theory
"In this daring work, David Loy applies his theory of a Buddhist psychology of 'lack' -- the human experience of incompleteness and craving -- to a dazzling array of social problems in the world today including economic injustice and political tyranny, war and terrorism after 9/11, and the destruction of our natural environment. In so doing, he exemplifies the rise of socially engaged Buddhism and this new vehicle of spiritual practice." ---- PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER S.
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Great Compassion, Buddhism and Animal Rights
By: Norm Phelps
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Buddhism ought to be an animal rights religion par excellence. It has long held that all life forms are sacred and considers kindness and compassion the highest virtues. Moreover, Buddhism explicitly includes animals in its moral universe. Buddhist rules of conduct—including the first precept, “Do not kill”—apply to our treatment of animals as well as to our treatment of other human beings.
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Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence
By: Kraft, Kenneth, Ed.
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What can one person do to foster world peace? How does one person's state of mind affect the state of the world? How can the ideal of nonviolence be manifested in daily life? Buddhists have been exploring questions like these for twenty-five centuries, and they are still timely today.
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Luminous Passage
By: Charles Prebish
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In Luminous Passage a well-known Buddhologist and longtime observer of Buddhism in the United States presents the first comprehensive scholarly study of American Buddhism in nearly two decades. Charles S. Prebish revisits the expanding frontier of the fastest growing religion in North America and describes its historical development, its diversity, and the significance of this ancient tradition at century's end.
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New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition
By: Coleman
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The New Buddhism sheds new light on this recent evolution of Buddhist practice in the West. After briefly recounting the beginnings and spread of Buddhism in the East, Coleman chronicles its reinterpretation by key Western teachers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging from the British poet Sir Edwin Arnold to the Beat writer Alan Watts. Turning to the contemporary scene, he finds that Western teachers have borrowed liberally from different Buddhist traditions that never intersect in their original contexts. Men and women practice together as equals; ceremonies and rituals are simpler, more direct, and not believed to have magical effects. Moreover, the new Buddhism has made the path of meditation and spiritual awakening available to everyone, not just an elite cadre of monks. Drawing on interviews with noted teachers and lay practitioners, as well as a survey completed by members of seven North American Buddhist centers, Coleman depicts the colorful variety of new Buddhists today, from dilettantes to devoted students and the dedicated teachers who guide their spiritual progress. He also details the problems that have arisen because of some Western influences--especially with regard to gender roles, sex, and power.
Exploring the appeal of this exotic faith in postmodern society and questioning its future in a global consumer culture, The New Buddhism provides a thorough and fascinating guide to Western Buddhism today
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New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action
By: Jones, Ken
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In this monumental work, Jones makes a compelling and humane case that the well-being of the individual and the well-being of society simply cannot be separated. The New Social Face of Buddhism is timely, vital reading for activists, scholars and everyone seeking to transform their spiritual practice into a force for social, political, and global change. This book is an expanded and thoroughly updated edition of one of the groundbreaking books on socially engaged spirituality.
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Not Turning Away; The Practice of Engaged Buddhism
By: Moon, Susan (Ed.)
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The Practice of Engaged Buddhism
The term "engaged Buddhism" was coined by the Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh as a way of asserting that Buddhism should not be passive or otherworldly, but on the contrary, that Buddhists should be deeply, compassionately involved in every aspect of society where suffering arises. Not Turning Away is a treasury of writings on the philosophy and practice of engaged Buddhism by some o the most well-known and respected figures in the movement, gleaned from the pages of the magazine that is the primary forum for engaged Buddhism in America and elsewhere: Turning Wheel: The Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
Not Turning Away provides a history of the engaged Buddhism movement, an analysis of its underlying principles, and inspiring practical examples of real people's experiences in putting spiritual practice to the test on the personal, national, and global levels.
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Pavement: Reflections on Mercy, Activism, and Doing Nothing for Peace
By: Lin Jensen
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There's a war on-and Lin Jensen isn't gonna take it standing up. In 36 riveting scenes, Pavement shows how the Buddhist perspective can help us all, even in the toughest times.
EVERY DAY, Lin Jensen has gone down to the center of his small town of Chico, California, plopped down a meditation cushion, and sat "peace vigils" in protest of the US invasion of Iraq - his honest effort to change the world.
From his knee-level spot on the pavement, he has encountered a wonderful array of what Lin calls "uprights": a heart-breakingly generous homeless man who offers Lin his only possession; hostile passers-by who shout "F@#k you, Peace Wimp!"; "White Wolf," who punctuates every comment (always SHOUTED!) with a sharp poke to Lin's chest; compassionate soldiers, and more-all amid rain and bright sun, exhaust fumes, and the scent of azaleas.
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Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society
By: Sulak Sivaraksa
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Socially Engaged Buddhism
By: Sallie King
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"Socially Engaged Buddhism" is an introduction to the contemporary movement of Buddhists, East and West, who actively engage with the problems of the world - social, political, economic, and environmental - on the basis of Buddhist ideas, values, and spirituality. Sallie B. King, one of North America's foremost experts on the subject, identifies in accessible language the philosophical and ethical thinking behind the movement and examines how key principles such as karma, the Four Noble Truths, interdependence, nonharmfulness, and nonjudgmentalism relate to social engagement. Many people believe that Buddhists focus exclusively on spiritual attainment. Professor King examines why Engaged Buddhists involve themselves with the problems of the world and how they reconcile this involvement with the Buddhist teaching of nonattachment from worldly things. Engaged Buddhists, she answers, point out that because the root of human suffering is in the mind, not the world, the pursuit of enlightenment does not require a turning away from the world. Working to reduce suffering in humans, living things, and the planet is integral to spiritual practice and leads to selflessness and compassion. "Socially Engaged Buddhism" is a sustained reflection on social action as a form of spirituality expressed in acts of compassion, grassroots empowerment, nonjudgmentalism, and nonviolence. It offers an inspiring example of how one might work for solutions to the troubles that threaten the peace and well-being of our planet and its people.
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Structure of The World Compared to a Bubble
By: Anne Walden
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The Stupa of Borobudur in Java is one of the architectural wonders of the world,designed as both a mandala and as an aid for the Buddhist pilgrim that can be read as a holy book. It has inspired Anne Waldman to create a work which is at once a walking meditation, a “cultural intervention,” a “recovery” of a sacred site, and a take on contemporary reality and how the busy “monkey brain” (as it is called in Buddhism) works and travels. Exploratory and meditative, even playful at times, it expands the sense of invocation of the theme, including literary, religious, sociological, and anthropological dimensions.
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Teaching Buddhism in the West
By: Hori, Victor Sogen, Richard P. Hayes, and J. Mark Shield
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This book provides a series of thematically arranged articles written by contemporary scholars and teachers of Buddhism throughout North America. Major themes covered are the history of teaching Buddhism in Europe and North America, the problem of crossing cultural and historical divides, alternative pedagogical methods in teaching Buddhism, and the use of the internet as a resource (and metaphor) for teaching Buddhism.
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Westward Dharma
By: Prebish, Charles S. and Baumann, Martin, Eds.
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Buddhism beyond Asia
The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the profusion of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that has developed outside of Asia. Leading scholars from North America, Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia explore the plurality and heterogeneity of practices that characterize Buddhism in the West.
The recent dramatic growth of Western Buddhism is accompanied by an expansion of issues of Buddhist concern.
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What Would the Buddha Recycle?: The Zen of Green Living
By: Rosemary Roberts
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If the Buddha were alive today, head be the living embodiment of green living. Head be collecting cans on the freeway, riding his bike to work, and replacing all his light bulbs a one little satori at a time. In this book you can reduce your footprint, and experience little Aha! moments when you
Eat mindfully and lose the meat
Make a Zen garden that nourishes the earth
Choose sustainable clothing
Meditate while walking instead of driving
Let go of attachment to things by giving away belongings
Living green is living Zen. Now you can take right action and walk a green talk, starting today a just think how proud the Buddha would be!
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