| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism |
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RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism
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| Contents |
Part Part I Review and contextualisation -- chapter 1 BUDDHISM IN BRITAIN: REVIEW AND CONTEXTUALISATION -- part Part II The New Kadampa Tradition -- chapter 2 THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION: BACKGROUND AND CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT -- chapter 3 THE EMERGENCE OF THE NKT IN BRITAIN -- chapter 4 THE IDENTITY OF THE NKT -- part Part III The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives -- chapter 5 THE ORDER OF BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATIVES: BACKGROUND AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT -- chapter 6 THE LOTUS BLOSSOM PERIOD, 1976-83 -- chapter 7 THE LATER PERIOD: ROUTINISATION AND CONSOLIDATION -- part Part IV Epilogue and conclusion -- chapter 8 EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION |
| Summary |
This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC). The key contributions of recent scholarship are evaluated and organised thematically to provide a framework for analysis, and the history and current landscape of contemporary Tibetan and Zen Buddhist practice in Britain are also mapped out. A number of patterns and processes identified elsewhere are exemplified, although certain assumption |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-249) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
New Kadampa Tradition (Organization)
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Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
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| SUBJECT |
New Kadampa Tradition (Organization) fast |
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Order of Buddhist Contemplatives fast |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Great Britain -- History
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Tibetan.
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Buddhism
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203963628 |
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9780203963623 |
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9786610727759 |
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6610727759 |
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1134430477 |
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9781134430475 |
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1280727756 |
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9781280727757 |
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1134430469 |
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9781134430468 |
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