Through a period of intensive field research at Soto Zen commune Green Gulch Farm, I examined the attraction Zen Buddhism holds for Americans, and how communal living situations such as Green Gulch enrich their Buddhist practice. American Zen Buddhist practitioners experience widespread alienation from American culture, specifically its consumer aspects, and are attracted to Zen Buddhism as an alternative lifestyle. The drive to save all beings--expressed through the bodhisattva ideal--is the focus of this alternative lifestyle. This drive to save all beings is culminated through living in community, where American Zen practitioners can feel that they are working to create extensive societal change through the construction of a service comm...
This paper focuses on Buddhism in America, an neglected area of inquiry in anthropological study. Th...
This article was drawn from a talk given at the end of the Second Annual Congress of the Kwan Um Sch...
This work explores the life, works, and role of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) in the reception ...
Through a period of intensive field research at Soto Zen commune Green Gulch Farm, I examined the at...
2010 Spring.Includes bibliographic references.Covers not scanned.Print version deaccessioned 2022.As...
We are now witnessing only the immediate aftermath of the first, large-scale fluorescence of Buddhis...
This session is part two of a six part series running through the 2018-2019 academic year titled Enc...
The following talk was taken from the opening speech at the Summer Kyol Che (a 19-day intensive retr...
From late January to early February 2018, the first Vinaya course in the Tibetan tradition offered i...
This paper looks at how Masanobu Fukuoka adopts Chan Buddhist philosophy in relation to his Zen natu...
In current debates about Buddhist approaches to the non-human natural world, studies describe Buddhi...
This paper focuses on Buddhism in America, an neglected area of inquiry in anthropological study. Th...
Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the sever...
Detailing the practices, rituals, and beliefs of the Midwest Buddhist Temple, and how it fits into t...
Few religious institutions in Japan have as vibrant a history as Daihonzan Sōjiji, one of two head t...
This paper focuses on Buddhism in America, an neglected area of inquiry in anthropological study. Th...
This article was drawn from a talk given at the end of the Second Annual Congress of the Kwan Um Sch...
This work explores the life, works, and role of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) in the reception ...
Through a period of intensive field research at Soto Zen commune Green Gulch Farm, I examined the at...
2010 Spring.Includes bibliographic references.Covers not scanned.Print version deaccessioned 2022.As...
We are now witnessing only the immediate aftermath of the first, large-scale fluorescence of Buddhis...
This session is part two of a six part series running through the 2018-2019 academic year titled Enc...
The following talk was taken from the opening speech at the Summer Kyol Che (a 19-day intensive retr...
From late January to early February 2018, the first Vinaya course in the Tibetan tradition offered i...
This paper looks at how Masanobu Fukuoka adopts Chan Buddhist philosophy in relation to his Zen natu...
In current debates about Buddhist approaches to the non-human natural world, studies describe Buddhi...
This paper focuses on Buddhism in America, an neglected area of inquiry in anthropological study. Th...
Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the sever...
Detailing the practices, rituals, and beliefs of the Midwest Buddhist Temple, and how it fits into t...
Few religious institutions in Japan have as vibrant a history as Daihonzan Sōjiji, one of two head t...
This paper focuses on Buddhism in America, an neglected area of inquiry in anthropological study. Th...
This article was drawn from a talk given at the end of the Second Annual Congress of the Kwan Um Sch...
This work explores the life, works, and role of Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) in the reception ...