Flowers on the rock : global and local Buddhisms in Canada / edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, and Alexander Soucy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, John S., Author.

Contributor:

Harding, John S., 1971- editor.

Hori, Victor Sōgen, editor.

Soucy, Alexander Duncan, 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Canada.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Sasaki Sokei-an founded his First Zen Institute of North America in 1930 he suggested that bringing Zen Buddhism to America was like "holding a lotus against a rock and waiting for it to set down roots." Today, Buddhism is part of the cultural and religious mainstream. Flowers on the Rock examines the dramatic growth of Buddhism in Canada and questions some of the underlying assumptions about how this tradition has changed in the West. Using historical, ethnographic, and biographical approaches, contributors illuminate local expressions of Buddhism found throughout Canada and relate the growth of Buddhism in Canada to global networks. A global perspective allows the volume to overcome the stereotype that Asia and the West are in opposition to each other and recognizes the continuities between Buddhist movements in Asia and the West that are shaped by the same influences of modernity and globalization. Flowers on the Rock studies the fascinating and ingenious changes, inflections, and adaptations that Buddhists make when they set down roots in a local culture. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhism, religious life in Canada, and the broader issues of multiculturalism and immigration. Contributors include Michihiro Ama (University of Alaska), D. Mitra Barua (University of Saskatchewan), Paul Crowe (Simon Fraser University), Melissa Anne-Marie Curley (University of Iowa), Mavis Fenn (University of Waterloo), Kory Goldberg (Champlain College), Sarah F. Haynes (Western Illinois University), Jackie Larm (University of Edinburgh), Paul McIvor (independent), James Placzek (University of British Columbia), and Angela Sumegi (Carleton University).

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Conventions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Buddhist Globalism and the Search for Canadian Buddhism""; ""PART ONE: TAKING ROOT""; ""2 Flying Sparks: Dissension among the Early Shin Buddhists in Canada""; ""3 For the Benefit of Many: S.N. Goenka�s Vipassana Meditation Movement in Canada""; ""4 Sitavana: The Theravada Forest Tradition in British Columbia""; ""5 Making a Traditional Buddhist Monastery on Richmond�s Highway to Heaven""

""6 Dharma on the Move: Vancouver Buddhist Communities and Multiculturalism""""7 Buddhist Monasticism in Canada: Sex and Celibacy""; ""PART TWO: COMMUNICATING THE BUDDHADHARMA""; ""8 Teaching Buddhism to Children: The Evolving Sri Lankan Buddhist Tradition in Multicultural Toronto""; ""9 Reflections on a Canadian Buddhist Death Ritual""; ""10 Buddhist Prison Outreach in Canada: Legitimating a Minority Faith""; ""11 Correspondence School: Canada, Fluxus, and Zen""; ""12 Shaping Images of Tibet: Negotiating the Diaspora through Ritual, Art, and Film""; ""PART THREE: BUDDHIST LIVES""

""13 Dhammadinna and Jayanta: Daughters of the Buddha in Canada""""14 Thay Pho Tinh: A Vietnamese Nun�s Struggles in Canada""; ""15 Leslie Kawamura: Nothing to Add, Nothing to Take Away""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2014).

ISBN:

0-7735-9049-8

0-7735-9048-X

OCLC:

888060618