TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheung,Kin
AU  - Curley,Melissa Anne-Marie
AU  - Deane,Susannah
AU  - Helderman,Ira
AU  - King,Matthew W.
AU  - Langenberg,Amy Paris
AU  - McKinley,Alexander
AU  - Paris Langenberg,Amy
AU  - Salguero,C.Pierce
TI  - Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World
SN  - 9780824898618
AV  - BQ4570.H43 .B825 2024
U1  - 294.3/3661 23/eng/20240226
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Honolulu
PB  - University of Hawaii Press
KW  - Healing
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Mind and body
KW  - RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - 19th century Buddhism
KW  - Buddhism history
KW  - Buddhism medicine
KW  - Buddhism world history
KW  - Japan Buddhism
KW  - Korea Buddhism
KW  - Sri Lanka Buddhism
KW  - Tibet Buddhism
KW  - United States Buddhism
KW  - mind-body Buddhism
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 A Cure for Mindfulness: Buddhism, Anxiety, and the Problem of Work in Modern Japan --; 2 Healing Buddhist Knowledge from Palm Leaves to Print: Exorcising Yakṣas from Sinhala Literary Reproduction --; 3 If You Meet the Medical Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! Lobsang Gyatso and the Shadow of the Mind & Life Dialogues --; 4 “For This Kind of Thing, the Lama Is Better”: Religion, Medicine, and the Treatment of “Madness” among Tibetans in Amdo --; 5 Better (Buddhist) Sex in the USA: Mindfulness, Non-Harm, and Dr. Nida’s Yoga of Bliss --; 6 Mindful of the Media: Framing “Adverse Meditation Effects” in Popular Media in the United States --; 7 Buddhist Healing in the Community: A Chinese American Healer in New York City --; 8 Entangled Threads, Gordian Knots: Won Buddhism and the Globalization of Buddhist Medicine --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access
N2  - This rich collection focuses on the nexus between Buddhism and healing in the modern and contemporary world, highlighting the many ways Buddhists have adapted in response to and in dialogue with modern science, biomedicine, and other facets of modernity from the nineteenth century to today. Buddhist healing activities are much more diverse than the narrow range of mindfulness techniques that have dominated scholarly and popular focus. From the community-based healing practices of Asian American Buddhists and transnational Tantric sex therapy retreats to concerns about balancing being contemporary with being authentically Buddhist, contributors explore how Buddhists have rethought the mind-body relationship against the backdrop of the modernization and globalization of Buddhism. They examine Buddhists navigating the differences and commonalities that exist in their practice and modern systems of mental and physical healthcare, paying attention to how they have negotiated shifting configurations of legitimacy, authority, and authenticity. Through historical and ethnographic case studies, the work details these ruptures and reconciliations in Japan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Korea, and the United States, in addition to mapping the transnational pathways of exchange as knowledge about Buddhism and medicine has traveled between Asia and the West.Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World encompasses a wide range of Buddhist ideas about health and health-seeking practices that remain a vital part of the everyday practice of modern Buddhism across the globe
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824898618?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824898618
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824898618/original
ER  -