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Waking the Buddha : how the most dynamic and empowering Buddhist movement in history is changing our concept of religion / Clark Strand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strand, Clark, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soka Gakkai International.
- Buddhism--Social aspects.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, California : Middleway Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep? Waking the Buddha tells the story of the Soka Gakkai International, the largest, most dynamic Buddhist movement in the world today-and one that is waking up and shaking up Buddhism so it can truly work in ordinary pe
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; The Sparkan: Idea Ahead of its Time; A Change in the Life of One Individual; The Flame of Reform; A Thing of Lasting Beauty; The Foundation: The Creation of the Soka Gakkai; Just One Verse of the Lotus Sutra; Understanding Our Common Humanity; The Power of Ideas; Opening a Way Toward the Future; Personal Transformation through Group Discussion; The Development: The Discovery of Modern Buddhism; Religion Serving Life, Not Life Religion; Glimmers of a Global Movement; A Global Spiritual Shift; Passing the Flame of Reform
- The Completion: The Spread of Religious HumanismWaking the Buddha; The Culture of Mentorship; The Oneness of Mentor and Disciple; Spiritual Independence; Even to the Fiftieth Person; The Ultimate Declaration; The Future: A Religion for the Twenty-First Century; The Foundation for a Happy Life; Boomers, Buddhism, and Beyond; Facing the Challenge Ahead; Entering the Age of Life
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4945-0630-0
- 1-938252-51-9
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