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9780700715947

Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700715947

  • ISBN10:

    0700715940

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2003-07-23
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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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.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors xi
Preface xvii
CHARLES PREBISN
Introduction 1(36)
From altruism to activism
CHRISTOPHER QUEEN
Part I Historical Roots 37(58)
1 Do bodhisattvas relieve poverty?
38(12)
STEPHEN JENKINS
2 Dögen's ceaseless practice
50(13)
DANIEL ZELINSKI
3 Nichiren's activist heirs
63(32)
Söka Gakkai, Risshö Kosekai, Nipponzan Myöhöji
JACQUELINE I. STONE
Part II Asian Narratives 95(110)
4 Buddhism and development
96(14)
The ecology monks of Thailand
SUSAN M. DARLINGTON
5 Maha Ghosananda as a contemplative social activist
110(16)
MATTHEW WEINER
6 Sarvodaya Shramadana's quest for peace
126(8)
GEORGE D. BOND
7 The Buddhist Tzu-Chi foundation of Taiwan
134(18)
C. JULIA HUANG
8 Social engagement in South Korean Buddhism
152(29)
FRANK TEDESCO
9 Buddhism and the burukamin
181(24)
Oppression or liberation?
LESLIE D. ALLDRITT
Part III Western Frontiers 205(46)
10 Engaged and meditating
206(14)
Vipassana Hawaii's Burmese connection
HARRIET KIRKLEY
11 Widening the circle
220(17)
Communities of color and Western Buddhist convert sanghas
SHARON SMITH
12 Symbol and narration in Buddhist prison ministry
237(14)
VIRGINIA COHN PARKUM AND J. ANTHONY STULTZ
Part IV Three Critiques 251(94)
13 Engaged Buddhist ethics
252(18)
Mistaking the boat for the shore
JAMES E. DEITRICK
14 Does Buddhism need human rights?
270(16)
DEREK S. JEFFREYS
15 Engaged Buddhism
286(59)
New and improved? Made in the USA of Asian materials
THOMAS FREEMAN YARNALL
Index 345

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