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Buddhist Studies from India to America

Author : Damien Keown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134196326
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Studies from India to America written by Damien Keown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Prebish is Professor of Buddhism, Pennsylvania State University, US – a leading international scholar and co-founder of what is now the ‘Buddhism section’ of the American Academy of Religion, and served an additional term on the steering committee. Prebish is well known in N. America, and this book should attract readers in the region The author of the book, (Damien Keown), and Charles Prebish are editors of the Critical Studies in Buddhism series published by Routledge. Contributors are well-known international scholars whose participation guarantees that the academic quality of the work is high and the standard even throughout

Buddhist Studies from India to America

Author : Damien Keown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134196318
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Studies from India to America written by Damien Keown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist Studies from India to America covers four important areas of Buddhist Studies: Vinaya Studies and Ethics, the history of Buddhist schools, Western Buddhism, and Inter-religious dialogue. These are the main areas which Charles S. Prebish has either inaugurated or helped to define; and his academic career as a leading, international scholar, and his significant professional achievements are celebrated within this volume. The geographical and historical scope of the essays in this collection range from ancient India to modern America, and includes contributions by well-known international scholars. The contributors discuss a variety of academic disciplines including philosophy, psychology, history, feminism, and sociology. It will appeal to scholars whose interests embrace either ancient or modern aspects of the Buddhist tradition.

Luminous Passage

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520216970
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Luminous Passage written by Charles S. Prebish and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-06-07 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since the 1960s Buddhism in America has been viewed through the lens of idealism, generally associated with the spiritual quest of baby boomers. This portrayal has been accurate only to a degree. Charles Prebish's Luminous Passage is the first account in a new generation of commentary to demonstrate the complexity and variety of this tradition as it establishes roots in this country. This book will surely stand as one of the most comprehensive assessments of Buddhism in the United States at the turn of the millennium."—Richard Seager, Hamilton College

Buddhist Teaching in India

Author : Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718119
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Teaching in India written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest records we have today of what the Buddha said were written down several centuries after his death, and the body of teachings attributed to him continued to evolve in India for centuries afterward across a shifting cultural and political landscape. As one tradition within a diverse religious milieu that included even the Greek kingdoms of northwestern India, Buddhism had many opportunities to both influence and be influenced by competing schools of thought. Even within Buddhism, a proliferation of interpretive traditions produced a dynamic intellectual climate. Johannes Bronkhorst here tracks the development of Buddhist teachings both within the larger Indian context and among Buddhism's many schools, shedding light on the sources and trajectory of such ideas as dharma theory, emptiness, the bodhisattva ideal, buddha nature, formal logic, and idealism. In these pages, we discover the roots of the doctrinal debates that have animated the Buddhist tradition up until the present day.

The Faces of Buddhism in America

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520920651
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Faces of Buddhism in America written by Charles S. Prebish and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a "Buddhist"? This has been a much-debated question in recent years, particularly in regard to the religion's bifurcation into two camps: the so-called "imported" or ethnic Buddhism of Asian immigrants and the "convert" Buddhism of a mostly middle-class, liberal, intellectual elite. In this timely collection Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka bring together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces. 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. In recent years American Buddhism has been featured as a major story on ABC television news, National Public Radio, and in other national media. A strong new Buddhist journalism is emerging in the United States, and American Buddhism has made its way onto the Internet. The faces of Buddhism in America are diverse, active, and growing, and this book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding this vital religious movement.

A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America

Author : Jan Willem Jong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America written by Jan Willem Jong and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains indispensable information concerning the history of Buddhist studies in Europe and the United States and presents the readers with a survey that ranges from 300 b.c. up to modern times. This is an essential reference work for students of Buddhism, who not only will benefit from the overview it gives of previous scholarly work, but also may find in it indicators of the paths their own future research might take. Includes an extensive and detailed bibliography and two indices.

Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India

Author : Lawrence J. McCrea
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231150946
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India written by Lawrence J. McCrea and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jnanasrimitra (975-1025) was regarded by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists as the most important Indian philosopher of his generation. His theory of exclusion combined a philosophy of language with a theory of conceptual content to explore the nature of words and thought. Jnanasrimitra's theory informed much of the work accomplished at Vikramasila, a monastic and educational complex instrumental to the growth of Buddhism. His ideas were also passionately debated among successive Hindu and Jain philosophers. This volume marks the first English translation of Jnanasrimitra's Monograph on Exclusion, a careful, critical investigation into language, perception, and conceptual awareness. Featuring the rival arguments of Buddhist and Hindu intellectuals, among other thinkers, the Monograph reflects more than half a millennium of competing claims while providing an invaluable introduction to a crucial philosopher. Lawrence J. McCrea and Parimal G. Patil familiarize the reader with the author, themes, and topics of the text and situate Jnanasrimitra's findings within his larger intellectual milieu. Their clear, accessible, and accurate translation proves the influence of Jnanasrimitra on the foundations of Buddhist and Indian philosophy.

A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America

Author : Jan Willem Jong
Publisher : Kosei Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America written by Jan Willem Jong and published by Kosei Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains indispensable information concerning the history of Buddhist studies in Europe and the United States and presents the readers with a survey that ranges from 300 b.c. up to modern times. This is an essential reference work for students of Buddhism, who not only will benefit from the overview it gives of previous scholarly work, but also may find in it indicators of the paths their own future research might take. Includes an extensive and detailed bibliography and two indices.

American Buddhism

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Brooks/Cole
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book American Buddhism written by Charles S. Prebish and published by Brooks/Cole. This book was released on 1979 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism

Author : Douglas Osto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134018797
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism written by Douglas Osto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the concepts of power, wealth and women in the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture known as the Gandavyuha-sutra, and relates these to the text’s social context in ancient Indian during the Buddhist Middle Period (0–500 CE). Employing contemporary textual theory, worldview analysis and structural narrative theory, the author puts forward a new approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the ‘systems approach’, by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system. Consequently, he analyses the Gandavyuha in the contexts of reality, society and the individual, and applies these notions to the key themes of power, wealth and women. The study reveals that the spiritual hierarchy represented within the Gandavyuha replicates the political hierarchies in India during Buddhism’s Middle Period, that the role of wealth mirrors its significance as a sign of spiritual status in Indian Buddhist society, and that the substantial number of female spiritual guides in the narrative reflects the importance of royal women patrons of Indian Buddhism at the time. This book will appeal to higher-level undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of religious studies, Buddhist studies, Asian studies, South Asian studies and Indology.

Buddhism in America

Author : Richard Hughes Seager
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231159730
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism in America written by Richard Hughes Seager and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This well-informed book provides a comprehensive survey of a variety of Buddhist traditions in the contemporary U.S. . . . [its] strength, apart from being a mine of information, is Seager's insistence on taking a historically informed and comparative perspective." - Religious Studies Review.

Buddhist Thought in India

Author : Edward Conze
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134542313
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Thought in India written by Edward Conze and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1962. This book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts: Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three marks and the perverted views, the five cardinal virtues, the cultivation of the social emotions, Dharma and dharmas, Skandhas, sense-fields and elements. The Sthaviras: the eighteen schools, doctrinal disputes, the unconditioned and the process of salvation, some Abhidharma problems. The Mahayana: doctrines common to all Mahayanists, the Madhyamikas, the Yogacarins, Buddhist logic, the Tantras.

The Faces of Buddhism in America

Author : Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520213017
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Faces of Buddhism in America written by Charles S. Prebish and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-12-22 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors bring some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting the religion today. 9 photos.

Action Dharma

Author : Christopher S. Queen
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700715947
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Action Dharma written by Christopher S. Queen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays chart the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Engaged Buddhists have sought new ways to comfort society's oppressed communities.

American Buddhism

Author : Christopher Queen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136830332
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book American Buddhism written by Christopher Queen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. Until now, few investigators have turned their attention to the interpretive challenge posed by the presence of all the traditional lineages of Asian Buddhism in a consciously multicultural society. Nor have scholars considered the place of their own contributions as writers, teachers, and practising Buddhists in this unfolding saga. In thirteen chapters and a critical introduction to the field, the book treats issues such as Asian American Buddhist identity, the new Buddhism, Buddhism and American culture, and the scholar's place in American Buddhist Studies. The volume offers complete lists of dissertations and theses on American Buddhism and North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism since 1892.

Buddhism in the Modern World

Author : Steven Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195349092
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism in the Modern World written by Steven Heine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This volume explores how traditional Buddhist communities have responded to the challenges of modernity, such as science and technology, colonialism, and globalization. Editors Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish have commissioned ten essays by leading scholars, each examining a particular traditional Buddhist school in its cultural context. The essays consider how the encounter with modernity has impacted the disciplinary, textual, ritual, devotional, practical, and socio-political traditions of Buddhist thought throughout Asia. Taken together, these essays reveal the diversity and vitality of contemporary Buddhism and offer a wide-ranging look at the way Buddhism interacts with the modern world.

Buddhism in America

Author : Scott A. Mitchell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472581954
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism in America written by Scott A. Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture. Divided into three parts (Histories; Traditions; Frames), this introduction traces Buddhism's history and encounter with North American culture, charts the landscape of US Buddhist communities, and engages current methodological and theoretical developments in the field. The volume includes: - A short introduction to Buddhism - A historical survey from the 19th century to the present - Coverage of contemporary US Buddhist communities, including Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Theoretical and methodological issues and debates covered include: - Social, political and environmental engagement - Race, feminist, and queer theories of Buddhism - Secular Buddhism, digital Buddhism, and modernity - Popular culture, media, and the arts Pedagogical tools include chapter summaries, discussion questions, images and maps, a glossary, and case studies. The book's website provides recommended further resources including websites, books and films, organized by chapter. With individual chapters which can stand on their own and be assigned out of sequence, Buddhism in America is the ideal resource for courses on Buddhism in America, American Religious History, and Introduction to Buddhism.