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British Buddhism
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Author : Robert Bluck
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
British Buddhism written by Robert Bluck and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with Religion categories.
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
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Author : Philip C. Almond
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988-08-26
The British Discovery Of Buddhism written by Philip C. Almond and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-08-26 with Religion categories.
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 Teachings Practice And Development
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
British Buddhism Teachings Practice And Development written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
"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.
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter
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Author : Elizabeth Harris
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-04-18
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter written by Elizabeth Harris and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-18 with Religion categories.
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.
Cosmopolitan Dharma
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Author : Sharon Smith
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-04-08
Cosmopolitan Dharma written by Sharon Smith and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with Religion categories.
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.
Buddhism In Britain
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Author : Ian P. Oliver
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Buddhism In Britain written by Ian P. Oliver and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Religion categories.
The Lotus And The Lion
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Author : J. Jeffrey Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-15
The Lotus And The Lion written by J. Jeffrey Franklin and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Buddhism is indisputably gaining prominence in the West, as is evidenced by the growth of Buddhist practice within many traditions and keen interest in meditation and mindfulness. In The Lotus and the Lion, J. Jeffrey Franklin traces the historical and cultural origins of Western Buddhism, showing that the British Empire was a primary engine for curiosity about and then engagement with the Buddhisms that the British encountered in India and elsewhere in Asia. As a result, Victorian and Edwardian England witnessed the emergence of comparative religious scholarship with a focus on Buddhism, the appearance of Buddhist characters and concepts in literary works, the publication of hundreds of articles on Buddhism in popular and intellectual periodicals, and the dawning of syncretic religions that incorporated elements derived from Buddhism. In this fascinating book, Franklin analyzes responses to and constructions of Buddhism by popular novelists and poets, early scholars of religion, inventors of new religions, social theorists and philosophers, and a host of social and religious commentators. Examining the work of figures ranging from Rudyard Kipling and D. H. Lawrence to H. P. Blavatsky, Thomas Henry Huxley, and F. Max Müller, Franklin provides insight into cultural upheavals that continue to reverberate into our own time. Those include the violent intermixing of cultures brought about by imperialism and colonial occupation, the trauma and self-reflection that occur when a Christian culture comes face-to-face with another religion, and the debate between spiritualism and materialism. The Lotus and the Lion demonstrates that the nineteenth-century encounter with Buddhism subtly but profoundly changed Western civilization forever.
Tibetan And Zen Buddhism In Britain
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Author : David N Kay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-02-12
Tibetan And Zen Buddhism In Britain written by David N Kay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-12 with Religion categories.
This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC). The key contributions of recent scholarship are evaluated and organised thematically to provide a framework for analysis, and the history and current landscape of contemporary Tibetan and Zen Buddhist practice in Britain are also mapped out. A number of patterns and processes identified elsewhere are exemplified, although certain assumptions made about the nature of 'British Buddhism' are subjected to critical scrutiny and challenged.
Lotus The Lion
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Author : J. Jeffrey Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Lotus The Lion written by J. Jeffrey Franklin and has been published by Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with History categories.
Description: Buddhism is indisputably gaining prominence in the west, as is evidenced by the growth of Buddhist practice within many traditions and keen interest in meditation and mindfulness. In the Lotus and the Lion, the author traces the historical and cultural origins of Western Buddhism, showing that the British empire was a primary engine for curiosity about and then engagement with the Buddhisms that the British encountered in India and elsewhere in Asia. Victoria and Edwardian England witnessed the emergence of comparative religious scholarship with a focus on Buddhism, the appearance of Buddhist characters and concepts in literacy works, the publication of hundreds of articles on Buddhism in popular and intellectual periodicals, and the dawning of Syncretic Religions that incorporated elements derived from Buddhism. In this fascinating book, the author analyzes responses to and constructions of Buddhism by popular novelists and poets, early scholars of religion, inventors of new religions, social theorists and philosophers and a host of social and religious commentators. The Lotus and the Lion demonstrates that the nineteenth-century encounter with Buddhism subtly but profoundly changed western civilization forever. Contents Preface Introduction 1. The Life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain 2. Buddhism and the Emergence of Late-Victorian Hybrid Religions 3. Romances of Reincarnation, Karma and Desire 4. Buddhism and the Empire of the Self in Kipling's Kim Conclusion : The Afterlife of Nirvana
Sacred Traces
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Author : Janice Leoshko
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Sacred Traces written by Janice Leoshko and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Art categories.
In his novel Kim, in which a Tibetan pilgrim seeks to visit important Buddhist sites in India, Rudyard Kipling reveals the nineteenth-century fascination with the discovery of the importance of Buddhism in India's past. Janice Leoshko, a scholar of South Asian Buddhist art uses Kipling's account and those of other western writers to offer new insight into the priorities underlying nineteenth-century studies of Buddhist art in India. In the absence of written records, the first explorations of Buddhist sites were often guided by accounts of Chinese pilgrims. They had journeyed to India more than a thousand years earlier in search of sacred traces of the Buddha, the places where he lived, obtained enlightenment, taught and finally passed into nirvana. The British explorers, however, had other interests besides the religion itself. They were motivated by concerns tied to the growing British control of the subcontinent. Building on earlier interventions, Janice Leoshko examines this history of nineteenth-century exploration in order to illuminate how early concerns shaped the way Buddhist art has been studied in the West and presented in its museums.