New world dharma : interviews and encounters with Buddhist teachers, writers, and leaders / Trevor Carolan ; foreword by Susan Moon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carolan, Trevor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhists--Interviews.

Buddhists.

Buddhism.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 189 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

Summary:

Based on Trevor Carolan's interviews, profiles, and essays from the past twenty years, this book offers a fascinating and intimate look at many of the Buddhist (and Buddhist-inspired) spiritual and cultural leaders who have shaped our time. Drawn from the global mosaic of the arts and humanities, environmentalism, and governance, Carolan's collaborators include Buddhist teachers, poets, writers, activists, and even a politician. Readers will encounter Red Pine, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Snyder, Robert Aitken-Roshi, Jerry Brown, the Dalai Lama, Allen Ginsberg, along with many others. They explore engaged practice, East-West ethics, the role of dharma-influenced literature, Beat literature, social and political activism, and more. A rich resource for anyone interested in Buddhism, New World Dharma reveals a Buddhist consciousness responding to the challenge of rethinking what citizenship, community, and the sacred might mean in a global age. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Dancing with China's Old Masters: With Master Red Pine/Bill Porter 1

Chapter 2 The Wild Mind of Gary Snyder 17

Chapter 3 Grounded in Humanity: Gary Snyder on Back on the Fire 31

Chapter 4 A Bloomsday Interview with Joanne Kyger 41

Chapter 5 And So Make Peace: Talking Story with Maxine Hong Kingston 51

Chapter 6 The Bedrock of Practice: With Sulak Sivaraksa in Bangkok 63

Chapter 7 A Heart Free to Listen: The Awareness Practice of Thich Nhat Hanh 73

Chapter 8 Embracing the Responsibility of the Moment: The Zen Politics of Jerry Brown 83

Chapter 9 Avanti! The Dharma Poetics of Diane di Prima 97

Chapter 10 On Forgiveness and Compassion: H. H. the Dalai Lama 103

Chapter 11 On the Trail with Nanao Sakaki 111

Back on the Trail with Nanao 117

Chapter 12 Dangerous Work: The Retirement Interview with Zen Master Robert Aitken-Roshi 123

Chapter 13 Expatriate Passions: Meeting Donald Richie 139

Chapter 14 A Conversation with Andrew Schelling 149

Chapter 15 Notes from the Gone World: Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Street Smarts and the Poetry Rebellion 171

Chapter 16 Beloved Renegade: With Allen Ginsberg at Cortes Island 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781438459837

1438459831

OCLC:

929585006