Buddhists
Understanding Buddhism Through the Lives of Practitioners
Herausgegeben von Lewis, Todd
Buddhists
Understanding Buddhism Through the Lives of Practitioners
Herausgegeben von Lewis, Todd
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Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism through the Lives of Practitioners provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spanning history, gender, and class, whose lives are representative of the ways in which Buddhists throughout time have embodied the tradition.
Portrays the foundational principles of Buddhist belief through the lives of believers, illustrating how the religion is put into practice in everyday life Takes as its foundation the inherent diversity within Buddhist society, rather than focusing on the spiritual and philosophical elite within Buddhism…mehr
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Portrays the foundational principles of Buddhist belief through the lives of believers, illustrating how the religion is put into practice in everyday life
Takes as its foundation the inherent diversity within Buddhist society, rather than focusing on the spiritual and philosophical elite within Buddhism
Reveals how individuals have negotiated the choices, tensions, and rewards of living in a Buddhist society
Features carefully chosen case studies which cover a range of Asian and modern Western Buddhists
Explores a broad range of possible Buddhist orientations in contemporary and historical contexts
- Produktdetails
- Lived Religions
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- 1. Auflage
- Seitenzahl: 352
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 717g
- ISBN-13: 9780470658178
- ISBN-10: 0470658177
- Artikelnr.: 40134384
- Lived Religions
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- 1. Auflage
- Seitenzahl: 352
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 717g
- ISBN-13: 9780470658178
- ISBN-10: 0470658177
- Artikelnr.: 40134384
Todd Lewis Part I Buddhists in the Earliest andMedieval Eras 11 1 The
Female Householder Mallika 13 Kristin Scheible 2 Bhadda Kundalakesa:The
Ex-Jain 21 Alice Collett 3 Two Noted Householders of the Buddha's Time:
Upasika Vishakha and Upasaka Anathapindika 29 Todd Lewis 4
Nagarjuna:TheGreatPhilosopher 39 Joseph Walser 5 WhoIsUncleDonpa? 52 David
J. Cooper 6 Ma-chig Lab-dron: Mother of Tibetan Buddhist Chod 62 Michelle
J. Sorensen Part II Buddhist Lives in theWest 71 7 I.B. Horner and the
Twentieth-Century Development of Buddhism in theWest 73 Grace G. Burford 8
Takyu: A Young Buddhist Nun at a Ch'an Temple in the English Midlands 80
George D. Chryssides 9 Refuge and Reconnection: One LaoWoman's Story 87
Stewart Jobrack 10 Conversion, Devotion, and (Trans-)Mission: Understanding
Ole Nydahl 96 Burkhard Scherer 11 Noah Levine: Punk Rocker and Buddhist
Meditation Teacher 107 Brooke Schedneck 12 Legendary Beat Poet: Allen
Ginsberg 115 Tony Trigilio 13 Dr. Stephen John Fulder: Founder of Vipassana
in Israel 124 Joseph Loss 14 Amala Sensei: Zen Priest 133 Sally McAra Part
III Buddhist Lives in South and Southeast Asia 145 15 Pawinee Bunkhun:The
Life of a Thai Buddhist Upasika 147 Rachelle M. Scott 16 Mahasi Sayadaw of
Burma 157 Bradley S. Clough 17 Corporal Monk: Venerable Sudinna's Journey
from the Sri Lankan Army to the Buddhist Sangha 165 DanielW. Kent 18 The
Lure of Renunciation and theWays of theWorld: MaechiiWabi ofThailand 172
Sid Brown 19 Becoming aTheravada Modernist Buddhist in Contemporary Nepal
179 Lauren Leve Part IV Buddhist Lives in the Himalayan Region 191 20 Tenpe
Gyaltsen: The Fifth Jamyang Zhepa 193 Paul K. Nietupski 21 A Female Tibetan
Buddhist Diviner in Darjeeling 201 Tanya M. Zivkovic 22 Tsultrim Zangmo: A
Twenty-First-Century Tibetan BuddhistWoman in South Asia 209 TsultrimZangmo
andMichelle J. Sorensen 23 Bakula Arhat's Journeys to the North: The Life
andWork of the 19th Kushok Bakula in Russia and Mongolia 218 Vesna A.
Wallace 24 Hunger, HardWork, and Uncertainty: Tashi Dondrup Reminisces on
Life and Death in a Tibetan Village 228 Geoff Childs 25 Benefiting the
Doctrine and Sentient Beings: The Life of a Tibetan Lineage Master and the
Ethos of Altruistic Action 236 Nicolas Sihlé 26 Living Practical Dharma:
Chomo Khandru and the Himalayan Bon Tradition 246 Sara Shneiderman 27
Excavating the Stories of Border-CrossingWomen Masters in Modern Buddhism:
The Oral Biography of Pelling AniWangdzin and Her Family 257 Amy
Holmes-Tagchungdarpa Part V Buddhist Lives in East Asia 265 28 The Life of
a Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Priest: Protecting the Dharma and Ensuring
Its Flowwith All ofOne's Strength 267 Naoyuki Ogi 29 Toshihide Numata:
Igniting the Flame of the Dharma 274 Naoyuki Ogi 30 Seno'o Giro:The Life
and Thought of a Radical Buddhist 280 James Mark Shields 31 Building a
Culture of Social Engagement: Nichiren Buddhism and Soka Gakkai Buddhists
in Japan 289 Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen 32 Blood and Teardrops:The Life and
Travels of Venerable Fazun 296 Brenton Sullivan 33 A Modern Chinese
Laywoman: Dumplings, Dharani, and Dedication -Honest Auntie Li Tries to Be
a Good Buddhist 305 Alison Denton Jones Index 317 For an alternative table
of contents that, for the purposes of teaching, arranges the biographies
into the various schools of Buddhism, please go to
www.wiley.com/go/lewisbuddhism.
Todd Lewis Part I Buddhists in the Earliest andMedieval Eras 11 1 The
Female Householder Mallika 13 Kristin Scheible 2 Bhadda Kundalakesa:The
Ex-Jain 21 Alice Collett 3 Two Noted Householders of the Buddha's Time:
Upasika Vishakha and Upasaka Anathapindika 29 Todd Lewis 4
Nagarjuna:TheGreatPhilosopher 39 Joseph Walser 5 WhoIsUncleDonpa? 52 David
J. Cooper 6 Ma-chig Lab-dron: Mother of Tibetan Buddhist Chod 62 Michelle
J. Sorensen Part II Buddhist Lives in theWest 71 7 I.B. Horner and the
Twentieth-Century Development of Buddhism in theWest 73 Grace G. Burford 8
Takyu: A Young Buddhist Nun at a Ch'an Temple in the English Midlands 80
George D. Chryssides 9 Refuge and Reconnection: One LaoWoman's Story 87
Stewart Jobrack 10 Conversion, Devotion, and (Trans-)Mission: Understanding
Ole Nydahl 96 Burkhard Scherer 11 Noah Levine: Punk Rocker and Buddhist
Meditation Teacher 107 Brooke Schedneck 12 Legendary Beat Poet: Allen
Ginsberg 115 Tony Trigilio 13 Dr. Stephen John Fulder: Founder of Vipassana
in Israel 124 Joseph Loss 14 Amala Sensei: Zen Priest 133 Sally McAra Part
III Buddhist Lives in South and Southeast Asia 145 15 Pawinee Bunkhun:The
Life of a Thai Buddhist Upasika 147 Rachelle M. Scott 16 Mahasi Sayadaw of
Burma 157 Bradley S. Clough 17 Corporal Monk: Venerable Sudinna's Journey
from the Sri Lankan Army to the Buddhist Sangha 165 DanielW. Kent 18 The
Lure of Renunciation and theWays of theWorld: MaechiiWabi ofThailand 172
Sid Brown 19 Becoming aTheravada Modernist Buddhist in Contemporary Nepal
179 Lauren Leve Part IV Buddhist Lives in the Himalayan Region 191 20 Tenpe
Gyaltsen: The Fifth Jamyang Zhepa 193 Paul K. Nietupski 21 A Female Tibetan
Buddhist Diviner in Darjeeling 201 Tanya M. Zivkovic 22 Tsultrim Zangmo: A
Twenty-First-Century Tibetan BuddhistWoman in South Asia 209 TsultrimZangmo
andMichelle J. Sorensen 23 Bakula Arhat's Journeys to the North: The Life
andWork of the 19th Kushok Bakula in Russia and Mongolia 218 Vesna A.
Wallace 24 Hunger, HardWork, and Uncertainty: Tashi Dondrup Reminisces on
Life and Death in a Tibetan Village 228 Geoff Childs 25 Benefiting the
Doctrine and Sentient Beings: The Life of a Tibetan Lineage Master and the
Ethos of Altruistic Action 236 Nicolas Sihlé 26 Living Practical Dharma:
Chomo Khandru and the Himalayan Bon Tradition 246 Sara Shneiderman 27
Excavating the Stories of Border-CrossingWomen Masters in Modern Buddhism:
The Oral Biography of Pelling AniWangdzin and Her Family 257 Amy
Holmes-Tagchungdarpa Part V Buddhist Lives in East Asia 265 28 The Life of
a Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Priest: Protecting the Dharma and Ensuring
Its Flowwith All ofOne's Strength 267 Naoyuki Ogi 29 Toshihide Numata:
Igniting the Flame of the Dharma 274 Naoyuki Ogi 30 Seno'o Giro:The Life
and Thought of a Radical Buddhist 280 James Mark Shields 31 Building a
Culture of Social Engagement: Nichiren Buddhism and Soka Gakkai Buddhists
in Japan 289 Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen 32 Blood and Teardrops:The Life and
Travels of Venerable Fazun 296 Brenton Sullivan 33 A Modern Chinese
Laywoman: Dumplings, Dharani, and Dedication -Honest Auntie Li Tries to Be
a Good Buddhist 305 Alison Denton Jones Index 317 For an alternative table
of contents that, for the purposes of teaching, arranges the biographies
into the various schools of Buddhism, please go to
www.wiley.com/go/lewisbuddhism.