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Encountering the Dharma : Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the globalization of Buddhist humanism / Richard Hughes Seager.

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LIBRA BQ8415.8 .S43 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Seager, Richard Hughes.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sōka Gakkai.
Globalization--Religious aspects--Sok̄a Gakkai.
Globalization.
Globalization--Religious aspects.
Physical Description:
xv, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Summary:
An insider look into Soka Gakkai Buddhism -- one of the fastest growing religions in the world, having spread widely from Japan, to Europe, America, and South America. Best known followers -- Tina Turner, Herbie Hancock. Author is given rare on-on-one intervews with SG spiritiual leader, Ikeda Daisuku (big selling point). Compelling and personal read.
Contents:
Mystic opportunity
Creating value
Mentor's vision
Rising star
Sea change
Countervailing trends
Zuiho-bini
World house
Intrepid navigators.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
ISBN:
0520245768
0520245776
OCLC:
58526450
Publisher Number:
9780520245778

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