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Guru devotion and the American Buddhist experience / Daniel Capper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Capper, D. (Daniel)
- Series:
- Studies in religion and society (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 57.
- Studies in religion and society ; v. 57
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teacher-student relationships--Religious aspects--Tantric Buddhism.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Guru worship (Rite).
- Buddhists--United States--Biography.
- Buddhists.
- Tantric Buddhism--United States.
- Tantric Buddhism.
- Spiritual life--Tantric Buddhism.
- Spiritual life.
- Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Teacher-student relationships--Religious aspects.
- China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Encountering Buddhism in the United States 1
- Chapter 2 Creating an Ethnography of Enchantment 23
- Chapter 3 Transference and Countertransference 49
- Chapter 4 Brief History of the Tibetan Guru-Disciple Relationship 73
- Chapter 5 The Ethos of Siddha Gompa 103
- Chapter 6 Experiences in the bardo 125
- Chapter 7 Finding the Womb 151
- Chapter 8 The Jewel House and the Pleasure Garden 183
- Chapter 9 Buddhist Transformations 209
- Appendix A Interview Questions 235
- Appendix B Lineage Prayer 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-248) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773469869
- OCLC:
- 50123497
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