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Appalachian Zen : journeys in search of true home, from the American heartland to the Buddha dharma / by Kanji Ruhl, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)837440;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: Practice as If Your Head Is on Fire (1997) -- Part I. In Penn's Woods: On the Search for True Home (1992) -- Part II. Narrow Road to the Rising Sun: On Beginning to Practice (1997) -- Part III. All Is Lost, Be of Good Cheer: On the Death of the Self (2003) -- Part IV. Errant Pilgrim: On Zen Buddhist Ministry (2005-2012) -- Part V. Gone Beyond: On the Path of Heartland (2012-2022) -- Notes -- Acknowledgments."This luminous memoir combines the hardscrabble setting of Appalachia with the spiritual wisdom of Shunryu Suzuki's classic Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Appalachian Zen describes a journey we all take, one that Buddhism calls "seeking our true home." Edgy, lyrical, and lovingly rendered, this book recounts how a kid from a Pennsylvania mill-town trailer park grew up-surrounded by backwoods farms and amid grief, violence, and passionate yearning-to become something improbable: a Buddhist minister teaching Zen. Author Steve Kanji Ruhl takes readers on an adventure of discovery, roving far from the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania on a footloose Zen pilgrimage to Japan and beyond. Featuring vivid firsthand accounts of spiritual seeking and teaching in Japanese temples, as well as forays to Tokyo and Hiroshima, the alleys of Kyoto, Amish cornfields near the Susquehanna, and a monastery in the Catskills, Appalachian Zen includes robust historical sketches, rapt nature passages, and cultural references ranging from Proust to punk rock. Throughout the book, Ruhl engages the Buddhist themes of awakening and death of the self by confronting the lives and deaths, including two by suicide, of his loved ones. This provocative memoir tells how it feels to practice Zen, and to move toward a life of hard-won forgiveness, healing, and freedom"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Kanji Ruhl, Steve.; Buddhist converts; Buddhism;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Lotus girl : my life at the crossroads of Buddhism and America / by Tworkov, Helen,author.(CARDINAL)282110;
1. First steps -- 2. Asian travels -- 3. Return west -- 4. Tibetan Buddhism -- 5. Curious dharma settings -- 6. The Zen years -- 7. The Tricycle years -- 8. Where is your mind? -- 9. The Bardos -- Acknowledgments."From the woman who helped introduce Buddhism to the West and founded Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one's own path that Pico Iyer calls "unflinching" and "indispensable." The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the heady climate of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism; yet from an early age, she questioned the value of Western cultural norms. Her life was forever changed when she saw the iconic photo of Thich Quang Duc, the Vietnamese monk who, seated in meditation, set himself on fire to protest his government's crackdown on the Buddhist clergy. Tworkov realized that radically different states of mind truly existed and were worth exploring. At the age of twenty-two, she set off for Japan, then traveled through Cambodia, India, and eventually to Tibetan refugee camps in Nepal. Set against the arresting cultural backdrop of the sixties and their legacy, this intimate self-portrait depicts Tworkov's search for a true home as she interacts with renowned artists and spiritual luminaries including the Dalai Lama, Pema Chödrön, Joseph Goldstein, Bernie Glassman, Charles Mingus, Elizabeth Murray and Richard Serra. Interweaving experience, research, and revelation, Helen Tworkov explores the relationship between Buddhist wisdom and American values, presenting a wholly unique look at the developing landscape of Buddhism in the West. Lotus Girl offers insight not only into Tworkov's own search for the truth, but into the ways each of us can better understand and transform ourselves"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Tworkov, Helen.; Buddhist women; Buddhist converts; Buddhism;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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At hell's gate : a soldier's journey from war to peace / by Thomas, Claude Anshin.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Thomas, Claude Anshin.; Buddhist converts; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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At hell's gate : a soldier's journey from war to peace / by Thomas, Claude Anshin.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Thomas, Claude Anshin.; Buddhist converts; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American JewBu : Jews, Buddhists, and religious change / by Sigalow, Emily,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and index.Breaking down the barriers -- Buddhist paths to self-discovery in the early Twentieth Century -- Jews and the liberalization of American Buddhism -- Buddhism and the creation of a contemplative Judaism -- Making meditation Jewish -- Mapping Jewish-Buddhist spirituality -- Constructing a Jewish-Buddhist identity -- After The Jew in the lotus.A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with Buddhism. Today, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots. This book tells the story of Judaism's encounter with Buddhism in the United States, showing how it has given rise to new contemplative forms within American Judaism--and shaped the way Americans understand and practice Buddhism. Taking readers from the nineteenth century to today, Emily Sigalow traces the history of these two traditions in America and explains how they came together. She argues that the distinctive social position of American Jews led them to their unique engagement with Buddhism, and describes how people incorporate aspects of both into their everyday lives. Drawing on a wealth of original in-depth interviews conducted across the nation, Sigalow explores how Jewish American Buddhists experience their dual religious identities. She reveals how Jewish Buddhists confound prevailing expectations of minority religions in America. Rather than simply adapting to the majority religion, Jews and Buddhists have borrowed and integrated elements from each other, and in doing so they have left an enduring mark on the American consciousness. American JewBu highlights the leading role that American Jews have played in the popularization of meditation and mindfulness in the United States, and the profound impact that these two venerable traditions have had on one another.
Subjects: Buddhism; Judaism; Jewish way of life; Buddhist converts from Judaism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Jew in the lotus : a poet's rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India / by Kamenetz, Rodger,1950-(CARDINAL)515659;
Subjects: Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950-; Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950-; Buddhism; Judaism; Dialogue; Dialogue; Buddhist converts from Judaism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Buddha of suburbia [videorecording] / by Andrews, Naveen,1969-; Bamber, David.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-(CARDINAL)532050; Bowie, David.(CARDINAL)340358; Kureishi, Hanif.Buddha of suburbia.; Loader, Kevin.(CARDINAL)848285; Mackintosh, Steven.(CARDINAL)436936; Michell, Roger,1957-; Nayar, Nisha.; Patel, Harish,1982-; Redgrave, Jemma.; Seth, Roshan,1942-(CARDINAL)824642; 2 Entertain (Firm)(CARDINAL)326915; BBC Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)270800; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.(CARDINAL)326912; BBC Worldwide Ltd.(CARDINAL)332896; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Kureishi, Hanif; Buddhist converts; East Indians; Fathers and sons; Nineteen seventies; Suburban life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dreaming me : an African American woman's spiritual journey / by Willis, Janice Dean.(CARDINAL)771997;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Willis, Janice Dean.; Buddhists; Converts; African American Baptists;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Be the refuge : raising the voices of Asian American Buddhists / by Han, Chenxing,1986-author.(CARDINAL)846559;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Wondering ; Seeking ; Connecting -- Trailblazers. Erasure ; Belonging ; Lineage -- Bridge-builders. Gaps ; Reclamation ; Compassion -- Integrators. Tension ; Affinity ; Roots -- Refuge-makers. Anger ; Privilege ; Solidarity -- Benediction -- Appendix 1: Questions for other Asian American Buddhists -- Appendix 2: Interview questions -- Appendix 3: List of interviews -- Appendix 4: Interviewee ethnicities -- Appendix 5: A diverse group."Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse, inclusive, and intersectional communities that lie at the heart of American Buddhism. Be the Refuge is both critique and celebration, calling out the erasure of Asian American Buddhists while uplifting the complexity and nuance of their authentic stories and vital, thriving communities. Drawn from in-depth interviews with a pan-ethnic, pan-Buddhist group, Be the Refuge is the first book to center young Asian American Buddhists' own voices. With insights from multi-generational, second-generation, convert, and socially engaged Asian American Buddhists, Be the Refuge includes the stories of trailblazers, bridge-builders, integrators, and refuge-makers who hail from a wide range of cultural and religious backgrounds. Championing nuanced representation over stale stereotypes, Han and the 89 interviewees in Be the Refuge push back against false narratives like the Oriental monk, the superstitious immigrant, and the banana Buddhist--typecasting that collapses the multivocality of Asian American Buddhists into tired, essentialized tropes. Encouraging frank conversations about race, representation, and inclusivity among Buddhists of all backgrounds, Be the Refuge embodies the spirit of interconnection that glows at the heart of American Buddhism"--
Subjects: Buddhism; Asian Americans;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Leaving Buddha : a Tibetan Monk's encounter with the living God / by Lahkpa, Tenzin,1969-author.(CARDINAL)805244; Bach, Eugène,author.(CARDINAL)786397;
"The compelling account of the search for enlightenment by a dedicated Tibetan Buddhist monk who travels to significant monasteries and temples in Tibet and India, sits under the Dalai Lama, and experiences a growing dissatisfaction due to unanswered questions that ultimately leads him to make the radical decision to leave Buddhism and become a follower of Jesus Christ"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Lahkpa, Tenzin, 1969-; Christian converts from Buddhism.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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