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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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Chapter 1 Approaching the Western Buddhist Experience; Introduction; The Nature of Western Buddhism and the Western-Buddhist Identity; Approaches to Understanding Religious Change; Methodological Considerations; Chapter 2 Instruction and Practice at the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre; Introduction; Vipassana Practice at BMIMC: Doctrinal and Practical Foundations; Contexts for Learning and Practice; Introductory Retreats
  • The Participant's Perspective: 'Being on Retreat' and Learning the PracticeConclusions; Chapter 3 Self-Transformation through Vipassana Practice; Introduction; Patterns of Personal Practice; Personal Practice: Techniques to Complement Vipassana; Types of Transformation and Their Interpretive Frameworks; The Sense-of-Self and Its Transformations; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Participation and Exploration at Vajrayana Institute; Introduction; The FPMT's Religious Foundations and Scriptural Authority; Religious Activity at VI: Teachings, Ritual and Meditation; Teachings and Courses
  • The Participant's Journey Begins: Learning and Experimentation at VIConclusions; Chapter 5 The Practice of Self-Transformation at Vajrayana Institute; Introduction; Aims, Techniques and Outcomes of Sutra-Practice; Tantric Activity at Vajrayana Institute; The Sense-of-Self and Its Transformations; Conclusions; Chapter 6 An Overview of the Experimental Journey: Vipassana- and Vajrayana-Insights; Introduction; Part 1: The Commitment Process: The Experimental Model and Its Stages; The Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre; Vajrayana Institute and the Perspective of the FPMT
  • Part 2: From Experimental Immersion to Commitment: Comparisons and ConclusionsA Comparison of Religious Backgrounds; A Comparison of Personal Journeys; The Acquisition of the Meaning-System: The Role of Doctrine, Practice and Experience; The Commitment Process; Appendices; Appendix 1: Interview-Respondents; Appendix 2: Schedule for Beginners Weekend Meditation Workshop, 29-30 May 2004; Appendix 3: Schedule for Long-Weekend Retreat, 12-15 June 2004; Appendix 4: Daily Schedule for 15-16 February during Four-Day Retreat, 14-17 February 2004
  • Appendix 5: Schedule for Days 3-9, 25 April- 1 May, during Nine-Day Retreat, 23 April to 2 May 2004Appendix 6: Prayers for Before and After Teachings; Appendix 7: Refuge Teachings, 19 June 2005; Appendix 8: Medicine-Buddha Practice Day, 28 May 2005; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; References; Index

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