Buddhists

Figures of Buddhist modernity in Asia

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This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to mon…

Cambodian Buddhism in the United States

by Mortland, Carol A.

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Khmer Buddhism beliefs -- Non-Buddhist Cambodians -- Re-building Khmer Buddhism -- Temple expansion -- Religious personnel -- Organization -- Beyond the temple -- Congregation -- Temple contributions -- Temple difficulties -- Additional difficulties

Cambodian Buddhism in the United States

by Mortland, Carol A., (Carol Anne)

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Cambodian Buddhism in the United States is the first comprehensive anthropological study of Khmer Buddhism as practiced by Khmer refugees in the United States. Based on research conducted at Khmer temples and sites throughout the country over a period of three and a half decades…

Gongga Laoren (1903-1997): her role in the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Tai…

by Jagou, Fabienne

fromStudies on East Asian religions

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"Through the biography of an unusual Manchu Chinese female devotee who contributed to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan, the book provides a new angle at looking at Sino-Tibetan relations by bringing issues of gender, power, self-representation, and globalization. Gongga …

Gongga Laoren (1903-1997): her role in the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Tai…

by Jagou, Fabienne

fromStudies on East Asian religions

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"Through the biography of an unusual Manchu Chinese female devotee who contributed to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan, the book provides a new angle at looking at Sino-Tibetan relations by bringing issues of gender, power, self-representation, and globalization. Gongga …

Gongga Laoren (1903-1997): her role in the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Tai…

by Jagou, Fabienne

fromStudies on East Asian religions

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"Through the biography of an unusual Manchu Chinese female devotee who contributed to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan, the book provides a new angle at looking at Sino-Tibetan relations by bringing issues of gender, power, self-representation, and globalization. Gongga …

Saltwater Buddha: a surfer's quest to find Zen on the sea

by Yogis, Jaimal

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Fed up with his suburban life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York sho…

Saltwater Buddha: a surfer's quest to find Zen on the sea

by Yogis, Jaimal

0 Type: Book

"Fed up with his suburban life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York sh…