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Action dharma : new studies in engaged Buddhism / edited by Christopher Queen, Charles Prebish and Damien Keown.

Contributor(s): Queen, Christopher S, 1945- | Prebish, Charles S | Keown, Damien, 1951-
Material type: TextTextSeries: RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism: Publisher: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003Description: xix, 365 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0700715940 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0700715932 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Buddhism -- Social aspects | Buddhism -- DoctrinesDDC classification: 294.3/37 LOC classification: BQ270 | .A26 2003Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Do bodhisattvas relieve poverty? / Stephen Jenkins -- Dōgen's ceaseless practice / Daniel Zelinski -- Nichiren's activist heirs Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kosekai, Nipponzan Myōhōji / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Buddhism and development the ecology monks of Thailand / Susan M. Darlington -- Maha Ghosananda as a contemplative social activist / Matthew Weiner -- Sarvodaya Shramadana's quest for peace / George D. Bond -- Buddhist Tsu-Chi foundation of Taiwan / C. Julia Huang -- Social engagement in South Korean Buddhism / Frank Tedesco -- Buddhism and the burukamin oppression or liberation? / Leslie A. Alldritt -- Engaged and meditating Vipassana Hawaii's Burmese connection / Harriet Kirkley -- Widening the circles communities of color and Western Buddhist convert sanghas / Sharon Smith -- Sumbol [i.e. Symbol] and narration in Buddhist prison ministry / Virginia Cohn Parkum and J. Anthony Stultz -- Engaged Buddhist ethics mistaking the boat for the shore / James E. Deitrick -- Does Buddhism need human rights? / Derek S. Jeffreys -- Engaged Buddhism new and improved? / Thomas Freeman Yarnall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Do bodhisattvas relieve poverty? / Stephen Jenkins -- Dōgen's ceaseless practice / Daniel Zelinski -- Nichiren's activist heirs Sōka Gakkai, Risshō Kosekai, Nipponzan Myōhōji / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Buddhism and development the ecology monks of Thailand / Susan M. Darlington -- Maha Ghosananda as a contemplative social activist / Matthew Weiner -- Sarvodaya Shramadana's quest for peace / George D. Bond -- Buddhist Tsu-Chi foundation of Taiwan / C. Julia Huang -- Social engagement in South Korean Buddhism / Frank Tedesco -- Buddhism and the burukamin oppression or liberation? / Leslie A. Alldritt -- Engaged and meditating Vipassana Hawaii's Burmese connection / Harriet Kirkley -- Widening the circles communities of color and Western Buddhist convert sanghas / Sharon Smith -- Sumbol [i.e. Symbol] and narration in Buddhist prison ministry / Virginia Cohn Parkum and J. Anthony Stultz -- Engaged Buddhist ethics mistaking the boat for the shore / James E. Deitrick -- Does Buddhism need human rights? / Derek S. Jeffreys -- Engaged Buddhism new and improved? / Thomas Freeman Yarnall.

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