Becoming Buddhist : experiences of socialization and self-transformation in two Australian Buddhist centres

Becoming Buddhist : experiences of socialization and self-transformation in two Australian Buddhist centres / Glenys Eddy.

What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners''...

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Main Author: Eddy, Glenys (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, England ; New York : Continuum, 2012.
Series:Continuum advances in religious studies.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Social aspects > Australia.
Buddhist converts > Australia.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Buddhism > Social aspects
Buddhist converts
Australia
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Summary:What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners'' prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices and their experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation are examined with respect to their roles in practitioners'' appropriation of the Buddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path to enlightenment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (281 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441161451 (e-book)
1441161457 (e-book)
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record.

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