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British Buddhism : teachings, practice and development / Robert Bluck.

By: Bluck, Robert, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge critical studies in Buddhism: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xvii, 215 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0415395151 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780415395151 (hbk. : alk. paper); 020397011X (ebk.); 9780203970119 (ebk.); 0203370112 (ebook); 9780203370117 (ebook); 9780203370119Subject(s): Buddhism -- Great Britain -- History

DDC classification: 294.309421 LOC classification: BQ709.G72 | B58 2006Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description

Contents:

Introduction -- An overview of Buddhism in Britain -- The Forest Sangha -- The Samatha Trust -- Serene Reflection Meditation (SRM) -- Soka Gakkai International UK (SGI-UK) -- The Karma Kagyu tradition -- The New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) -- Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) -- Buddhism in Britain and British Buddhism.

Summary: This book provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the UK, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Based on extensive fieldwork, the author determines how and to what extent British Buddhists groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of "British Buddhism" are beginning to emerge.

List(s) this item appears in: Karma, Kamma, rebirth

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books (Long term)	Shan State Buddhist University Library English Shelves	English Collection	294.30941 Bl 1810(1)	Available	EB00001810
Books (Long term)	Shan State Buddhist University Library English Shelves	English Collection	294.30941 Bl 12382(2)	Available	EB00012382
Books (Long term)	Shan State Buddhist University Library English Shelves	English Collection	294.30941 Bl 12921(3)	Available	EB00012921

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index.

This book provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the UK, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Based on extensive fieldwork, the author determines how and to what extent British Buddhists groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of "British Buddhism" are beginning to emerge.

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