How the Swans Came to the Lake
A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
Published on 8. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-61180-473-7 (ISBN)
Description
This new updated edition of How the Swans Came to the Lake includes much new information about recent events in Buddhist groups in America and discusses such issues as spiritual authority, the role of women, and social action.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61180-473-7 (9781611804737)
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Additional editions
Rick Fields | Benjamin Bogin
How the Swans Came to the Lake
A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
E-Book
02/2022
Shambhala
€24.49
Available for download
E-Book
07/1992
Shambhala
€28.49
Available for download
Persons
RICK FIELDS (1942-1999) is the author of several books, including Chop Wood, Carry Water and The Code of the Warrior. He served as the editor of The Vajradhatu Sun, an international journal of Buddhism (now Lion’s Roar), and as the editor-at-large of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
BENJAMIN BOGIN, a scholar of Himalayan Buddhism, is associate professor and director of Asian Studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of The Illuminated Life of the Great Yolmowa and the coeditor of Himalayan Passages: Tibetan and Newar Studies in Honor of Hubert Decleer.
BENJAMIN BOGIN, a scholar of Himalayan Buddhism, is associate professor and director of Asian Studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of The Illuminated Life of the Great Yolmowa and the coeditor of Himalayan Passages: Tibetan and Newar Studies in Honor of Hubert Decleer.