The Rise of Zen in Twentieth Century Vietnam -- The Sùng Phúc Zen Monastery -- Secular Buddhism -- Nationalism and Internationalism -- Zen Women -- Zen Men -- Zen for All Ages. "At the tail end of the twentieth century, a monk transformed a small village temple on the outskirts…
"At the tail end of the twentieth century, a monk transformed a small village temple on the outskirts of Hanoi into a monastery and meditation center called Thiền Viện Sùng Phúc--a place where monastics and lay Buddhists could learn and practice Zen meditation. In time the origi…
The book looks at how religion in Singapore is being subjected to the processes of modernisation and change. The Singapore State has consciously brought religion under its guidance. It has exercised strong bureaucratic and legal control over the functioning of all religions in S…
The book looks at how religion in Singapore is being subjected to the processes of modernisation and change. The Singapore State has consciously brought religion under its guidance. It has exercised strong bureaucratic and legal control over the functioning of all religions in S…
"The Venerable Master Taixu (1890-1947) is the most important and controversial Chinese Buddhist reformer of the twentieth century. Viewed as dangerously rash by conservative Buddhists, irrelevant by secular humanists, and spiritually misguided by Christian missionaries, Taixu w…
