Baroni Love, Roshi

Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4379-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Robert Baker Aitken’s correspondence with Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners reveals a significant, little-understood aspect of American Buddhism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baroni, Helen J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Preliminary Matters

Introduction

1. Setting the Stage: Aitken and the Context of Zen in America

Part I: Distant Correspondents Write to the Roshi

2. Why People Write

3. Patterns of Zen Practice among the Distant Correspondents

4. Areas of Special Concern Raised by Distant Correspondents

5. Special Constituencies within the Distant Correspondents

Part II: The Roshi Responds

6. Robert Aitken’s Zen Ministry by Mail

7. These Words Are Your Words: Patterns in Aitken’s Responses to his Distant Correspondents

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Helen J. Baroni is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is the author of Iron Eyes: The Life and Teachings of Obaku Zen Master Tetsugen Doko, also published by SUNY Press.