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Buddhism in America / compiled by Al Rapaport, conference organizer ; edited by Brian D. Hotchkiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Buddhism in America Conference (1st : 1997 : Boston, Mass.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual life--Buddhism--Congresses.
- Spiritual life.
- Spiritual life--Buddhism.
- Buddhism--United States--Congresses.
- Buddhism.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Buddhism in America : proceedings of the first Buddhism in America conference
- Place of Publication:
- Rutland, Vt. : Charles E. Tuttle, 1998.
- Summary:
- Buddhism in America offers a complete overview of the landmark conference on Buddhist meditative practice held in Boston January 17-19, 1997. This book includes synopses and excerpts of over 50 workshops and lectures. Included are the keynote addresses by Peter Matthiessen, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Robert Thurman, Tsultrim Allione, and Lama Surya Das. Other presenters include Roshi Bernard Tetsugen Glassman, Joan Halifax, Zen Master Barbara Rhodes, His Holiness Rizong Rinpoche, Ven Samu Sunim, Tulku Thondup, and Toni Packer.
- Notes:
- Official record of the landmark conference on the future of Buddhist meditative practices in the west, Boston, January 17-19, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-568).
- ISBN:
- 0804831521
- OCLC:
- 187457916
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