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Choosing Buddhism : the life stories of eight Canadians / Mauro Peressini.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mercury series | Cultural studies paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) ; no 86. | Études culturelles (Canadian Museum of History) ; 86.Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Museum of History and University of Ottawa Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 446 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780776623337
  • 0776623338
  • 9780776623320
  • 077662332X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Choosing Buddhism.DDC classification:
  • 294.3092/271 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ840 .P47 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
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Contents:
PART I CONTEXTS. CHAPTER 1. Buddhism: Origins, Diversification, Teachings and Practices -- CHAPTER 2. Buddhism in Canada: An Overview -- PART II Life Stories. Chapter 3. Ajahn Viradhammo -- Chapter 4. Jim Bedard -- Chapter 5. Albert Low -- Chapter 6. Taigen Henderson -- Chapter 7. Zengetsu Myōkyō -- Chapter 8. Louis Cormier -- Chapter 9. Kelsang Drenpa -- Chapter 10. Tsultrim Palmo -- Appendix 1: Albert Low's First Kenshō at the Rochester Zen Center
Summary: "Mauro Peressini presents the experience of Canadians who chose to convert to Buddhism and to embrace its teachings and practices in their daily lives. Choosing Buddhism presents the life stories of eight Canadians who first encountered Buddhism between the late 1960s and the 1980s, and are now ordained or lay Buddhist teachers. In recent census records, over 300,000 Canadians identified their religious affiliation as Buddhist. The great majority are of Asian origin and were born into Buddhist families or were Buddhist at the time of their arrival in Canada. Since the late 1960s, however, the number of Canadians converting to Buddhism has doubled every decade, and this demographic now includes more than 20,000 individuals. The eight Canadians whose life stories are featured in this book are among the very first to have chosen Buddhism. Their first-hand accounts shed light on why and how people convert to a religion from such distant shores. Choosing Buddhism also offers contextual material that complements the eight life stories. This material enriches the reader's understanding of the life stories by offering additional information on the meaning of the Buddhist notions mentioned and by providing the broader historical and spiritual contexts that underpin the biographical accounts. While Choosing Buddhism will be of interest to specialists because of the first-hand accounts, it is primarily aimed at a wider audience interested in Buddhism, religions or spirituality in general. It will also be of use to teachers whose courses touch upon any of these subjects. By combining life stories and contextual material, and placing an emphasis on the concrete experiences of Canadians with whom readers can identify, this book is an introduction to Buddhism and to what it means to lead a Buddhist life in contemporary Canada."-- Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1431373

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I CONTEXTS. CHAPTER 1. Buddhism: Origins, Diversification, Teachings and Practices -- CHAPTER 2. Buddhism in Canada: An Overview -- PART II Life Stories. Chapter 3. Ajahn Viradhammo -- Chapter 4. Jim Bedard -- Chapter 5. Albert Low -- Chapter 6. Taigen Henderson -- Chapter 7. Zengetsu Myōkyō -- Chapter 8. Louis Cormier -- Chapter 9. Kelsang Drenpa -- Chapter 10. Tsultrim Palmo -- Appendix 1: Albert Low's First Kenshō at the Rochester Zen Center

"Mauro Peressini presents the experience of Canadians who chose to convert to Buddhism and to embrace its teachings and practices in their daily lives. Choosing Buddhism presents the life stories of eight Canadians who first encountered Buddhism between the late 1960s and the 1980s, and are now ordained or lay Buddhist teachers. In recent census records, over 300,000 Canadians identified their religious affiliation as Buddhist. The great majority are of Asian origin and were born into Buddhist families or were Buddhist at the time of their arrival in Canada. Since the late 1960s, however, the number of Canadians converting to Buddhism has doubled every decade, and this demographic now includes more than 20,000 individuals. The eight Canadians whose life stories are featured in this book are among the very first to have chosen Buddhism. Their first-hand accounts shed light on why and how people convert to a religion from such distant shores. Choosing Buddhism also offers contextual material that complements the eight life stories. This material enriches the reader's understanding of the life stories by offering additional information on the meaning of the Buddhist notions mentioned and by providing the broader historical and spiritual contexts that underpin the biographical accounts. While Choosing Buddhism will be of interest to specialists because of the first-hand accounts, it is primarily aimed at a wider audience interested in Buddhism, religions or spirituality in general. It will also be of use to teachers whose courses touch upon any of these subjects. By combining life stories and contextual material, and placing an emphasis on the concrete experiences of Canadians with whom readers can identify, this book is an introduction to Buddhism and to what it means to lead a Buddhist life in contemporary Canada."-- Provided by publisher

English.