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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).

Buddhism --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- History

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The mind is hard to check, swift, flits wherever it listeth, the control of which is good; a controlled mind is conducive to happiness. The mind is very hard to perceive, extremely subtle, flits wherever it listeth; let the wise person guard it; a guarded mind is conducive to happiness.The Dhammapada InhaltsverzeichnisContentsForewordIntroduction1 Health and the Wheel of LifeThe Meaning of LifeThe Wheel of LifeHealth in Therav? da Buddhism2 Illness, Disease and the Process of LifeLife in the Ultimate LevelThe Ultimate Understanding of HealthThe Ultimate Understanding of DiseaseMental Defilemen

Diseases --- Medicine, Popular. --- Buddhism. --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Medicine --- Aetiology --- Etiology --- Pathology --- Causes and theories of causation.

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By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader can undertake, showing that, though Buddhism and Christianity differ in their belief systems, their methods of cognitive inquiry provide similar ins

Meditation. --- Meditation --- Buddhism. --- Christianity. --- S13A/0200 --- S13A/0360 --- China: Religion--General works --- China: Religion--Chinese Buddhism: ritual and practice (incl. prayers, festivals, ..) --- Dhyāna (Meditation) --- Meditation (Buddhism) --- Meditation (Lamaism) --- Mental prayer --- Prayer, Mental --- Prayer --- Spiritual life --- Contemplation --- Buddhism --- Christianity --- Tantric Buddhism --- Zen Buddhism --- Meditation - Buddhism. --- Meditation - Christianity.