Buddhist Quarterly
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 474
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Author: Julia Cassaniti
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015-12-18
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1501700979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Living Buddhism, Julia Cassaniti explores Buddhist ideas of impermanence, nonattachment, and intention as they are translated into everyday practice in contemporary Thailand. Although most lay people find these philosophical concepts difficult to grasp, Cassaniti shows that people do in fact make an effort to comprehend them and integrate them as guides for their everyday lives. In doing so, she makes a convincing case that complex philosophical concepts are not the sole property of religious specialists and that ordinary lay Buddhists find in them a means for dealing with life's difficulties. More broadly, the book speaks to the ways that culturally informed ideas are part of the psychological processes that we all use to make sense of the world around us.In an approachable first-person narrative style that combines interview and participant-observation material gathered over the course of two years in the community, Cassaniti shows how Buddhist ideas are understood, interrelated, and reinforced through secular and religious practices in everyday life. She compares the emotional experiences of Buddhist villagers with religious and cultural practices in a nearby Christian village. Living Buddhism highlights the importance of change, calmness (as captured in the Thai phrase jai yen, or a cool heart), and karma; Cassaniti's narrative untangles the Thai villagers' feelings and problems and the solutions they seek.
Author: John Powers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-05
Total Pages: 831
ISBN-13: 1317420160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world’s great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature, ritual, and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism, the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics, as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms, examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures, ancient doctrines, and cosmological beliefs.
Author: David P. Barash
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0199985561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompares teachings of Buddhism with principles of modern biology, revealing many significant points of compatibility.
Author: Sylvia Wetzel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2015-07-15
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 3738623965
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiving with ease shows us, how we can become familiar with attitudes which can support and heal us, how to let go of old sorrows and develop a new perspective of life, how to gently change old habits and stimulate deep appreciation for ourselves and everybody else, how to see and make use of the many positive conditions life offers, and lastly how we can learn to live with ease in a world full of challenges, difficult emotions and political turmoil
Author: Christopher Queen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1136830332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. Until now, few investigators have turned their attention to the interpretive challenge posed by the presence of all the traditional lineages of Asian Buddhism in a consciously multicultural society. Nor have scholars considered the place of their own contributions as writers, teachers, and practising Buddhists in this unfolding saga. In thirteen chapters and a critical introduction to the field, the book treats issues such as Asian American Buddhist identity, the new Buddhism, Buddhism and American culture, and the scholar's place in American Buddhist Studies. The volume offers complete lists of dissertations and theses on American Buddhism and North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism since 1892.
Author: Seth Robert Segall
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0791486796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCreatively exploring the points of confluence and conflict between Western psychology and Buddhist teachings, various scholars, researchers, and therapists struggle to integrate their diverse psychological orientations—psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, transpersonal—with their diverse Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist practices. By investigating the degree to which Buddhist insights are compatible with Western science and culture, they then consider what each philosophical/psychological system has to offer the other. The contributors reveal how Buddhism has changed the way they practice psychotherapy, choose their research topics, and conduct their personal lives. In doing so, they illuminate the relevance of ancient Buddhist texts to contemporary cultural and psychological dilemmas.
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 276
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