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