A Beginner's Guide To American Buddhism From: AsianWeek | Date: June 10, 1994| Author: Gary Gach | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AsianWeek

06-10-1994

A Beginner's Guide To American Buddhism.

Buddhism is in the air these days. "Little Buddha" is a new movie, (look for Gerard Lim's review), "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" is a bestseller, (nearly 200,000 copies sold!) and Tricycle magazine is now in its third year of exploring the intersections of Buddhism with Western culture.

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