BOOK-COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 AN OVERVIEW OF BUDDHISM IN BRITAIN; 3 THE FOREST SANGHA; 4 THE SAMATHA TRUST; 5 SERENE REFLECTION MEDITATION (SRM); 6 SOKA GAKKAI INTERNATIONAL UK (SGI-UK); 7 THE KARMA KAGYU TRADITION; 8 THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION (NKT); 9 FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER (FWBO); 10 BUDDHISM IN BRITAIN AND BRITISH BUDDHISM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Presenting an insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice, this book provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom. It also determines how and to what extent British Buddhist groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of British Buddhism are beginning to emerge
