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Star-Spangled Buddhist

Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America

Autor: Jeffrey Ourvan

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Skyhorse Publishing

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"Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."-Publ...

Informace o knize

Autor

Jeffrey Ourvan

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2016

Stránek

208

EAN

9781634502894

ISBN

1634502892

Enbook ID

09515188

Vydavatel

Skyhorse Publishing

Hmotnost

272

Rozměry

140 x 210 x 19

Kompletní popis

"Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."-Publishers Weekly Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical tenets, or fashionably view themselves as Buddhists. They're part of what's been described as the fastest-growing religious movement in America: a large group of people dissatisfied with traditional religious offerings and thirsty for an approach to spirituality grounded in logic and consistent with scientific knowledge. The Star-Spangled Buddhist is a provocative look at these American Buddhists through their three largest movements in the United States: the Soka Gakkai International, Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism. The practice of each of these American schools, unlike most traditional Asian Buddhist sects, is grounded in the notion that all people are capable of attaining enlightenment in "this lifetime." But the differences are also profound: the spectrum of philosophical expression among these American Buddhist schools is as varied as that observed between Reformed, Orthodox, and Hasidic Judaism. The Star-Spangled Buddhist isn't written from the perspective of a monk or academic but rather from the view of author Jeff Ourvan, a lifelong-practicing lay Buddhist. As Ourvan explores the American Buddhist movement through its most popular schools, he arrives at a clearer understanding for himself and the reader about what it means to be-and how one might choose to be-a Buddhist in America.