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British Buddhism
Author | : Robert Bluck |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781134158164 |
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British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Based on extensive fieldwork, this fascinating book determines how and to what extent British Buddhist groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of British Buddhism are beginning to emerge. Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Britain, there has so far been no study documenting the full range of teachings and practice. This is an original study that fills this gap and serves as an important reference point for further studies in this increasingly popular field.
The British Discovery of Buddhism
Author | : Philip C. Almond |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0521033853 |
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This is the first book to examine the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerge from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond's exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism--of its founder, its doctrines, its ethics, its social practices, its truth and value--illuminates more than the various aspects of Buddhist culture: it sheds light on the Victorian society making these judgements.
British Buddhism
Author | : Robert Bluck |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781134158171 |
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British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Based on extensive fieldwork, this fascinating book determines how and to what extent British Buddhist groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of British Buddhism are beginning to emerge. Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Britain, there has so far been no study documenting the full range of teachings and practice. This is an original study that fills this gap and serves as an important reference point for further studies in this increasingly popular field.
Women in British Buddhism
Author | : CAROLINE. STARKEY |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2021-06-30 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1032090871 |
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Based on detailed ethnographic research, this book explores the varied experiences of women who have converted to Buddhism in contemporary Britain and analyses the implications of their experiences for understanding the translation and transference of Buddhist practices temporally and geographically. This book examines how women initially engage with Buddhist groups, their perspectives on religious discipline, and their relationships to ideas of gender equality and feminism. Whilst the recent study of Buddhism outside Asia has tended to emphasise the transnational and the global, this book de-centres this, highlighting the significance of locality and immediate community in contemporary women's faith practices. Showcasing the narratives and life stories of 25 ordained women across seven different Buddhist groups connected to Britain, the research in this book challenges uncritical assumptions made about 'Western' women who engage with Buddhist practices, and provides a new framing of contemporary ordination through a detailed and holistic examination of a group of Buddhist practitioners that have received little focused attention. The first multi-tradition study of ordained Buddhist women in Britain, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of Buddhist studies, religious studies, gender studies, Asian studies and the sociology of religion.
The British Discovery of Buddhism
Author | : Philip C. Almond |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1988-08-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521355032 |
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This is the first book to examine the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerge from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond's exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism--of its founder, its doctrines, its ethics, its social practices, its truth and value--illuminates more than the various aspects of Buddhist culture: it sheds light on the Victorian society making these judgements.
Cosmopolitan Dharma
Author | : Sharon Smith,Sally Munt,Andrew Yip |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004232808 |
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Cosmopolitan Dharma, through an analysis of the diverse voices of racial, sexual and gender minority Buddhists, explores how cultural politics from the ground up can offer a more inclusive philosophy and lived experience of spirituality for Western Buddhism.
Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter
Author | : Elizabeth Harris |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2006-04-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781134196258 |
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This major new work explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the eyes of the British scholars, officials, travellers and religious seekers who first encountered it. Tracing the three main historical phases of the encounter from 1796 to 1900, the book provides a sensitive and nuanced exegesis of the cultural and political influences that shaped the early British understanding of Buddhism and that would condition its subsequent transmission to the West. Expanding our understanding of inter-religious relations between Christians and Buddhists, the book fills a significant gap in the scholarship on Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka by concentrating on missionary writings and presenting a thorough exploration of original materials of several important pioneers in Buddhist studies and mission studies.
British Buddhism Teachings Practice and Development
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1280552964 |
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"British Buddhism" presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom, including the "Forest Sangha" (Theravada) and the "Samatha Trust" (Theravada), the "Serene Reflection Meditation" tradition (Soto Zen) and "Soka Gakkai" (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan "Karma Kagyu" and "New Kadampa" traditions and "Friends of the Western Buddhist Order". Based on extensive fieldwork, this fascinating book determines how and to what extent British Buddhist groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of British Buddhism are beginning to emerge. Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Britain, there has so far been no study documenting the full range of teachings and practice. This is an original study that fills this gap and serves as an important reference point for further studies in this increasingly popular field.