Complete Guide to Buddhist America - Softcover

Morreale, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570622701 ISBN 13: 9781570622700

Publisher: Shambhala, 1998

Synopsis

This is the first in-depth guide to Buddhism in North America, introducing the many facets of Buddhist practice and belief, highlighting the unique development of Buddhism in the West, as well as offering detailed listings to over a thousand meditation centers. The book is divided into four parts, the first three representing the major Buddhist traditions that have taken root in America: Theravada (The Path of Insight), Mahayana (The Path of Compassion), and Vajrayana (The Path of Devotion). The fourth part covers nonsectarian groups. Each part begins with several essays by leading Buddhist teachers, scholars, and longtime students to introduce the philosophy and practices of that particular school. Then follow listings of hundreds of centers and meditation groups identified with that tradition, with brief descriptions of each center's facilities, the schedule of regular practices and special retreats, information about teacher lineages, and full contact information. The listings are enhanced by over a hundred photographs of the centers and their teachers, as well as by sidebars highlighting their unique features, practices, and events.

This is a completely revised and vastly expanded edition of the author's Buddhist America: Centers, Retreats, Practices (published in 1988). In addition to being thoroughly updated, The Complete Guide to Buddhist America contains more than twice the number of listening and articles contained in the earlier edition.

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Review:

You're visiting New York and you'd like to sit with a local meditation group? No problem. New to Saskatoon and looking for Buddhist companions? No problem. Searching for a retreat center as far away as you can get from home? No problem. Just crack open The Complete Guide to Buddhist America and you're halfway to your destination. Don Morreale has managed to compile a database of over a thousand Buddhist meditation centers throughout the United States and Canada, including for each a capsule description, address, phone, e- mail, lineage, spiritual head, date established, facilities, publications, meditation program, and retreats offered. And it is more than just a yellow pages of American Buddhism. Morreale has gathered together numerous essays by masters and by regular practitioners to get their take on this specific Zen center or that particular sangha. In fact, these pieces are so full of personal insight that they are worth the price of the book, themselves. Add on the half- page summaries of organizations like DharmaNet International, Zen Hospice Project, and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and you've got a priceless encyclopedia of American Zen. --Brian Bruya

About the Author:

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is considered the foremost Buddhist leader of our time. The exiled spiritual head of the Tibetan people, he is a Nobel Peace Laureate, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, and a remarkable teacher and scholar who has authored over one hundred books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1570622701
• ISBN 13: 9781570622700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448