Buddhism in America

by Rapaport, Al; Hotchkiss, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780804831529
• ISBN10: 0804831521
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Buddhism in America offers a complete overview of the landmark conference on Buddhist meditative practice held in Boston January 17-19, 1997. This book includes synopses and excerpts of over 50 workshops and lectures. Included are the keynote addresses by Peter Matthiessen, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Thurman, Tsultrim Allione, and Lama Surya Das. Other presenters include Roshi Bernard Tetsugen Glassman, Joan Halifax, Zen Master Barbara Rhodes, His Holiness Rizong Rinpoche, Ven Samu Sunim, Tulku Thondup, and Toni Packer.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	xi	(2)
Michael Kerber
Introduction	xiii
Al Rapaport
1. Then and Now: Buddhism Today as Informed by Ancient Asian Practices	2	(62)
Returning to China: An Historic Exchange Between East and West Monks and Nuns from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas	2	(5)
Cultivating Loving-Kindness Through the Slogans of Atisha	7	(17)
Judith Lief
Buddhist Wisdom in the Light of Quantum Theory	24	(12)
Mu Soeng
The Unique Techniques of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Its Future in the West	36	(18)
Lama Sherab Dorje
Medicine Buddha Teachings and Empowerment	54	(10)
His Holiness Rizong Rinpoche
2. The Practice: Schools of Buddhism, Methods of Meditation, Monasticism	64	(138)
The Doctrine and Practice of Anapanasati: Full Awareness with Breath	64	(14)
Larry Rosenberg
Vipassana Tranquillity Meditation	78	(11)
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Shikan--Calming the Mind, Discerning the Real	89	(14)
Paul Monshin Naamon
Dzogchen: The Innate Great Perfection	103	(11)
Lama Surya Das
The Legs of Jin Shan, The Incense of Kao Min: Ch'an Buddhist Practice in the United States Monks and Nuns from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas	114	(10)
Introduction to Shikantaza	124	(9)
Issho Fujita
Don't Know Is Closest to It	133	(12)
Zen Master Wu Kwang
Richard Shrobe Soensa
Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment	145	(31)
Miranda Shaw, Ph.D.
Deep Agnosticism: A Secular Vision of Dharma Practice	176	(16)
Stephen Batchelor
Watering from the Deep Well: Looking at Perceptions of Monasticism	192	(10)
Dai-en Bennage Roshi
3. The Path: Buddhist Thought and Practice in Day-to-Day Living and Dying	202	(194)
We Are All Buddhas: The Joy of Meditation and the Natural Great Perfection	202	(14)
Lama Surya Das
Being Free and Enjoying Life	216	(19)
Robert A.F. Thurman, Ph.D.
Meditation--Moment to Moment	235	(10)
Toni Packer
Breaking Out of the Shell of Self: Insight Meditation and Deep-Ecology Practice	245	(21)
Wes Nisker
Acculturation or Innovation: Meditation and Ritual Practice in American Buddhism	266	(8)
Ven. Samu Sunim
Relationship and Intimacy as Path	274	(12)
Tsultrim Allione
The Meeting of Minds: Student-Teacher Relationship in Buddhism	286	(13)
Samuel Bercholz
Buddha Born among the Celts	299	(7)
Ven. Seonaidh (John A. Perks)
The Great Question of Life and Death	306	(13)
Zen Master Soeng Hyang
Barbara Rhodes
The Healing Power of Mind	319	(7)
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
Buddhism and Psychotherapy	326	(18)
Ron Leifer, M.D.
Feeding the Demons	344	(20)
Tsultrim Allione
The Great Work of Life and Death	364	(9)
Patricia Shelton
Being with Dying	373	(23)
Joan Halifax
4. Mindfulness and Compassion: Socially Engaged Buddhism in the West	396	(54)
The Coming of Age of American Zen	396	(11)
Peter Muryo Matthiessen
Engaged Buddhism and Diversity	407	(8)
Bill Aiken, Soka Gakkai International
Mindfulness and Compassionate Action	415	(12)
Joan Halifax
Instructions to the Cook: Zen Lessons in Living a Life That Matters	427	(13)
Roshi Bernard Tetsugen Glassman
Prison Zen Practice in America: Life and Death on the Razor's Edge	440	(10)
Rev. Kobutsu Malone
5. Buddhism in America	450	(105)
Toward an American Buddhism	450	(19)
Robert A. F. Thurman, Ph.D.
How the Swans Came to the Lake	469	(9)
Rick Fields
Toward the Mainstreaming of American Dharma Practice	478	(51)
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Buddhism in the Media: A Panel Discussion	529	(14)
Rick Fields
Wes Nicker
Helen Tworkov
Emergent Trends in Western Dharma	543	(12)
Lama Surya Das
Afterword	555	(2)
Al Rapaport
Glossary	557	(8)
Selected Reading	565