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Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain : transplantation, development and adaptation / David N. Kay.
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EBSCOhost Ebook Religion Collection - Worldwide- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kay, David N.
- Series:
- RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.
- RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Kadampa Tradition (Organization).
- Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
- Buddhism--Great Britain--History.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC). The key contributions of recent scholarship are evaluated and organised thematically to provide a framework for analysis, and the history and current landscape of contemporary Tibetan and Zen Buddhist practice in Britain are also mapped out. A number of patterns and processes identified elsewhere are exemplified, although certain assumption
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I: REVIEW AND CONTEXTUALISATION; 1 BUDDHISM IN BRITAIN: REVIEW AND CONTEXTUALISATION; PART II: THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION; 2 THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION: BACKGROUND AND CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT; 3 THE EMERGENCE OF THE NKT IN BRITAIN; 4 THE IDENTITY OF THE NKT; PART III: THE ORDER OF BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATIVES; 5 THE ORDER OF BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATIVES: BACKGROUND AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT; 6 THE LOTUS BLOSSOM PERIOD, 1976-83; 7 THE LATER PERIOD: ROUTINISATION AND CONSOLIDATION
- PART IV: EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION8 EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-43046-9
- 1-134-43047-7
- 1-280-72775-6
- 9786610727759
- 0-203-96362-8
- OCLC:
- 437220673
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