Flowers on the Rock
Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2014
468 pages
978-0-7735-9048-9 (ISBN)
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Analyzing the dramatic growth of Buddhism in Canada in global and historical contexts.
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John S. Harding | Victor Sogen Hori | Alexander Soucy
Flowers on the Rock
Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada
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08/2014
McGill-Queen's University Press
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John S. Harding is associate professor of East Asian religions at the University of Lethbridge. Victor Sogen Hori, a former Buddhist monk, is associate professor of Japanese religion at McGill University. Alexander Soucy is associate professor of religious studies at Saint Mary's University.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Buddhist Globalism and the Search for Canadian Buddhism
- PART ONE: TAKING ROOT
- 2 Flying Sparks: Dissension among the Early Shin Buddhists in Canada
- 3 For the Benefit of Many: S.N. Goenka's Vipassana Meditation Movement in Canada
- 4 Sitavana: The Theravada Forest Tradition in British Columbia
- 5 Making a Traditional Buddhist Monastery on Richmond's Highway to Heaven
- 6 Dharma on the Move: Vancouver Buddhist Communities and Multiculturalism
- 7 Buddhist Monasticism in Canada: Sex and Celibacy
- PART TWO: COMMUNICATING THE BUDDHADHARMA
- 8 Teaching Buddhism to Children: The Evolving Sri Lankan Buddhist Tradition in Multicultural Toronto
- 9 Reflections on a Canadian Buddhist Death Ritual
- 10 Buddhist Prison Outreach in Canada: Legitimating a Minority Faith
- 11 Correspondence School: Canada, Fluxus, and Zen
- 12 Shaping Images of Tibet: Negotiating the Diaspora through Ritual, Art, and Film
- PART THREE: BUDDHIST LIVES
- 13 Dhammadinna and Jayanta: Daughters of the Buddha in Canada
- 14 Thay Pho Tinh: A Vietnamese Nun's Struggles in Canada
- 15 Leslie Kawamura: Nothing to Add, Nothing to Take Away
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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- M
- N
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- P
- Q
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