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Buddhism in America & Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America.(Book Review)
Buddhist-Christian Studies
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January 1, 2002|
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BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Richard Hughes Seager. Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
LUMINOUS PASSAGE: THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Charles S. Prebish. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999.
These two books are general overviews of Buddhist religion as practiced in America. (1) Buddhism in America is written for a general audience, even for readers unfamiliar with Buddhism, and would work well as a textbook. Luminous Passage presupposes some familiarity with ...
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Buddhism may act as a "Harmonious Bridge'
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; ...s deep involvement in the spread of Buddhism across Asia over the past millennium...stated clearly, all three branches of Buddhism were represented at the Forum. Masters...Mahayana and Vajrayana (or Tibetan Buddhism) actively participated in the Forum...
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Buddhism seeks end to suffering.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
; ...to realize enlightenment. Buddhism has spread from India to China...the railroads in the West. Buddhism remained little known outside...for many Asians to come to America, and then larger numbers...Buddhist religion, he said. Buddhism is a path to waking up, or...
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Buddhism in Asian civilization
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror
; Colombo, May 8 -- Buddhism began as an intellectual and ethical movement in the sixth century...following by the time of his parinibhana in 483 B.C. The spread of Buddhism Buddhism has been significant not only in India, but also in Sri Lanka...
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Humanistic Buddhism: a vision for the future.
Newspaper article from: Yasodhara-Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities
; Humanistic Buddhism for Social Well-being: An Overview...pp.123). Colombo -- In describing Buddhism we use such terms as 'hinayana' and...Often we do talk about Thai or Sri Lankan Buddhism referring to particular characteristics...
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Buddhism influences U.S. thought.(Religion)(A Matter Of Belief)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Christmas Day. Both films are about Buddhism. They are the strongest such...trilogy to, in his words, "bring Buddhism to America." The celluloid burst of Buddhist...interviews is that seekers of Buddhism, from the 1950s beat generation...
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BUDDHISM WITH A LITTLE 'B': A PERSONAL BRAND OF RELIGION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand)
; ...1997 For the mainstream tradition in Buddhism I use a capital ''B"; for my own personal brand of buddhism I use a small ''b". I make the same...versus-thou business.) Mainstream Buddhism, like most mainstreams, has had to...
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Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the state, 1660-1990. (Book reviews).
Magazine article from: Buddhist-Christian Studies
; ...at the Catholic University of America. Jones primarily focuses on the history of Chinese Buddhism as an organized religion in Taiwan...as most literature on Chinese Buddhism is based on Mainland Chinese Buddhism. Only in the last decade has...
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Buddhism focuses on continual learning, humility
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...was internal," Cheng said. Many view Buddhism as a philosophy and not a religion...Christian equivalent, and those studying Buddhism are taught to question everything they...try to convince people of anything with Buddhism. He simply holds out his hand to offer...
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Buddhism in the Sung.(Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International
; ...and Daniel A. Getz, Jr., editors. Buddhism in the Sung. Kuroda Institute: Studies in East Asian Buddhism 13. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute/University...Institute's excellent Studies in East Asian Buddhism series. The present volume grew out...
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Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990.(Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International
; Charles Brewer Jones. Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State...organization and political history of Buddhism in China's Republican and Communist...began reading Charles Jones' study of Buddhism in Taiwan, the subtitle of which...
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