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The Haiku of Basho, by John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato
- NEW BOOK>
American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War, by
Duncan Ryūken Williams
- NEW BOOK>
American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity, by Ann Gleig
- Scholarship
Opportunities to Study Humanistic Buddhism at Nan Tien Institute
NEW
BOOK> The Haiku of Basho, by John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato
by A. Charles Muller
The Haiku of Basho, by John White and Kemmyo Taira SatoThe Buddhist Society, London: 2019
See: https://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/page/5-7-5-the-haiku-of-basho-1
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is widely acknowledged as the greatest of all the Japanese haiku poets. In the original Japanese, the two defining features of the haiku form are its 5-7-5 sound unit format (the syllable being the corresponding unit in English) and its rhythm. This selection of three hundred of Basho's finest haiku represents the first successful strict translation into English haiku of what was actually written, some 350 years ago, by a genius of the form. The renditions are beautiful; the crucial cadences are retained.
NEW
BOOK> American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War,
by Duncan Ryūken Williams
by A. Charles Muller
American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World Warby Duncan Ryūken Williams
Published by Harvard University Press
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674986534&content=reviews
$29.95 • £21.95 • €27.00
ISBN 9780674986534
400 pages
“American Sutra tells the story of how Japanese American Buddhist families like mine survived the wartime incarceration. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken. A must-read for anyone interested in the implacable quest for civil liberties, social and racial justice, religious freedom, and American belonging.”—George Takei, actor, director, and activist
“In his revealing new history of Japanese American internment, Williams foregrounds the Buddhist dimension of the Japanese American experience. His moving account shows how Japanese Americans transformed Buddhism into an American religion, and, through that struggle, changed the United States for the better.”—Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Sympathizer
NEW
BOOK> American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity, by Ann Gleig
by A. Charles Muller
American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernityby Ann Gleig
Published by Yale University Press
Price: $35.00
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300215809/american-dharma
From the cover:
This illuminating account of contemporary American Buddhism shows the remarkable ways the tradition has changed over the past generation
The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the aspirations and struggles of younger North American Buddhists during a period she identifies as a distinct stage in the assimilation of Buddhism to the West. She observes both the emergence of new innovative forms of deinstitutionalized Buddhism that blur the boundaries between the religious and secular, and a revalorization of traditional elements of Buddhism, such as ethics and community, that were discarded in the modernization process.
Based on extensive ethnographic and textual research, the book ranges from mindfulness debates in the Vipassana network to the sex scandals in American Zen, while exploring issues around racial diversity and social justice, the impact of new technologies, and generational differences between baby boomer, Gen X, and millennial teachers.
Ann Gleig is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Central Florida. She is co-editor of Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism and has published widely on contemporary Buddhism.
Scholarship
Opportunities to Study Humanistic Buddhism at Nan Tien Institute
by Michael Murphy
Have you heard about the current scholarship
opportunities to study Humanistic Buddhism at the new
state-of-the-art Nan Tien Institute (NTI) in Wollongong on
the South Coast of New South Wales in Australia, located next to the largest
Buddhist Temple in the Southern Hemisphere Nan Tien
Temple?
DETAILS
They are currently accepting
scholarship applications for their first-of-its-kind, accredited Graduate
Certificate in Humanistic Buddhism to both domestic and international
students at the respected institute of higher education, just over an hour
south of Sydney.
The opportunities are available
to study during:
Semester 2 - July 2019
with applications closing:
March 20 - Domestic Students /
May - International Students (date TBC – contact directly for details).
The course is delivered as part
of the Humanistic Buddhism Program delivered at
the institute, the first of its kind in Australasia, and is designed to help
you cope with an increasingly dynamic and interdependent modern world using
Buddhist principles.
The program draws on the
strengths of NTI’s unique resources in its teaching programs and unique
approach to ‘contemplative pedagogy’, bringing a spirit of creativity and
openness to the intellectual exploration of religious meaning.
Being so close to the Nan Tien
Temple you will have an excellent opportunity to experience and study this
religious setting in terms of social engagement, worship and organisation as an
example to inspire further pursuits.
There will also be regular
faculty members and visiting lecturers across a diverse range of specialties.
For more details, go to: hubs.ly/H0gW1kh0 or
email/signup: study@nantien.edu.au and connect at facebook.com/NanTienInst/
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