Engaged Buddhism in the West
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ISBN 13
9780861711598
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Publication Year
2012
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Selected as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles (2000), Engaged Buddhism in the West is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society. This book illuminates the evolution of this newest chapter in the Buddhist tradition including its history, leadership, and teachings, and it addresses issues such as violence and peace, race and gender, homelessness, prisons, and the environment. Eighteen new studies explore the activism of renowned leaders and organizations, such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Bernard Glassman, Joanna Macy, the Buddhi
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Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A New Buddhism; Engaged Buddhism as Peacemaking; All Buddhism Is Engaged:Thich Nhat Hanh and the Order of Interbeing; Speaking Truth to Power: The Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Glassman Roshi and the Peacemaker Order: Three Encounters; Walking for Peace: Nipponzan Myohoji; Engaging the Issues: Environment, Race, Human Rights; To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental Activism; Racial Diversity in the Soka Gakkai; The Free Tibet Movement: A Selective Narrative; Identity Politics: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity
Activist Women in American BuddhismGay Buddhist Fellowship; Social Action among Toronto's Asian Buddhists; Engaging the Institutions: Health, Education, Prisons, Commerce; Meditation, Healing, and Stress Reduction; Naropa Institute: The Engaged Academy; The Angulimala Lineage: Buddhist Prison Ministries; Work as Dharma Practice: Right Livelihood Cooperatives of the FWBO; Engaged Buddhism in Europe, Africa, and Australia; A Survey of Engaged Buddhism in Britain; Engaged Buddhism in German-Speaking Europe; Engaged Buddhism in South Africa; Engaged Buddhism in Australia; Looking Ahead
New Voices in Engaged Buddhist StudiesBibliography; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Description based upon print version of record.
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A New Buddhism; Engaged Buddhism as Peacemaking; All Buddhism Is Engaged:Thich Nhat Hanh and the Order of Interbeing; Speaking Truth to Power: The Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Glassman Roshi and the Peacemaker Order: Three Encounters; Walking for Peace: Nipponzan Myohoji; Engaging the Issues: Environment, Race, Human Rights; To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental Activism; Racial Diversity in the Soka Gakkai; The Free Tibet Movement: A Selective Narrative; Identity Politics: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity
Activist Women in American BuddhismGay Buddhist Fellowship; Social Action among Toronto's Asian Buddhists; Engaging the Institutions: Health, Education, Prisons, Commerce; Meditation, Healing, and Stress Reduction; Naropa Institute: The Engaged Academy; The Angulimala Lineage: Buddhist Prison Ministries; Work as Dharma Practice: Right Livelihood Cooperatives of the FWBO; Engaged Buddhism in Europe, Africa, and Australia; A Survey of Engaged Buddhism in Britain; Engaged Buddhism in German-Speaking Europe; Engaged Buddhism in South Africa; Engaged Buddhism in Australia; Looking Ahead
New Voices in Engaged Buddhist StudiesBibliography; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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