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Concerns and Issues in Won Buddhism by Bokin Kim Pdf
A collection of 12 essays on various topics in the philosophy of religion, written by a priestess and Ph.D. scholar of religion who has been head of the Won Buddhist Temple of Phila. since 1987. Won Buddhism was founded in Korea by Sot'aesan, Pak Chung-bin (1891-1943), and has established branch temples in many American cities. Dr. Kim's essays, which try to clarify the teachings of Won Buddhism, are categorized according to themes: Won Buddhism and Buddhism; Won Buddhism in the West; Won Buddhism and its concern for future; environmental concerns in Won Buddhism; Ecumenical Issues in Won Buddhism; and gender issues in Won Buddhism.
Professor Joon-sik Choi's book is very important in gaining a full understanding of the doctrinal and historical antecedents of this populist new religion. It presents all its key tenets and practices in way that has never before been achieved in English. He does so without losing focus on the social and political milieu in which Won Buddhism emerged. During different stages in Korean history leading up to the to the 20th century, Buddhism and Confucianism took turns as Korea's prominant or favoured ideology. Sot'aesan sought a way to synthesise some of the confl icting teachings of Buddhism and Confucianism: for example, creating an urban-based practice allowed his followers to concurrently fulfi l their Confucianist duties of fi lial piety and familial responsibility while observing their Won Buddhist practice at a nearby temple.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue by Catherine Cornille Pdf
This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration. Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse between the leaders and practitioners of the world’s major religions Examines relations between religions from around the world, moving well beyond the common focus on Christianity, to also cover over 12 major religions Features a wealth of case studies on contemporary interreligious dialogue Charts a long-term shift away from a competitive rivalry between belief systems, and a change in focus towards the more respectful, cooperative approach reflected in institutions such as the World Council of Churches Includes up-to-date commentary on the growing dialogue of recent years, written by some of the leading figures working in the field of interfaith discourse
Westward Dharma by Charles S. Prebish,Martin Baumann Pdf
The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia. Leading scholars from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia explore the plurality and heterogeneity of traditions and practices that are characteristic of Buddhism in the West. This recent, dramatic growth in Western Buddhism is accompanied by an expansion of topics and issues of Buddhist concern. The contributors to this volume treat such topics as the broadening spirit of egalitarianism; the increasing emphasis on the psychological, as opposed to the purely religious, nature of practice; scandals within Buddhist movements; the erosion of the distinction between professional and lay Buddhists; Buddhist settlement in Israel; the history of Buddhism in internment camps; repackaging Zen for the West; and women's dharma in the West. The interconnections of historical and theoretical approaches in the volume make it a rich, multi-layered resource.
A Monk’s Reply to Everyday Problems by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim 법륜스님 Pdf
A Monk's Reply to Everyday Problems - Selection of Fifty Dharma Talks from Across the World - A Monk's Reply to Everyday Problems, an English Translation of Yadaneopseok Has Been Published Now, it’s possible to read Ven. Pomnyun Sunim’s Dharma talks in English. His Dharma Q&As, which consist of him holding conversations with the people in the audience, are widely known as testified by the 300 million YouTube views of his Dharma talk videos. Ven.Pomnyun Sunim has been conducting Dharma Q&A’s as a way of helping people who ask him questions about their problems. He has been holding his Dharma talks in any venue and for any type of audience that seeks him out for his wisdom. In 2014, he visited and held Dharma talks in 115 cities around the world. Most of the talks were given to Koreans living overseas, and several were given to English-speaking audiences through an interpreter. Parts of these Dharma talks were compiled into the book, Yadan Beopseok, published in South Korea in 2015. During his overseas Dharma talk tour, it was confirmed that people all over the world were interested in Buddhism and Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, as well as in the way of solving life problems with a Buddhist approach. Therefore, demand for Ven. Pomnyun Sunim’s Dharma talks by international audiences has grown tremendously. A Monk’s Reply to Everyday Problems is a compilation of 50 Dharma Q&As, which were selected from Yadan Beopseok for their general appeal to both Korean and international readers. There seems to be a preconception that Buddhism is hard to approach, that it is only about Zen and practice, and that it is religion only for the select few. However, when you read A Monk's Reply to Everyday Problems, you will be able to see right away how Buddhism is very closely related to your everyday lives and how it enables people to solve everyday problems and help them to be happy. The Buddha showed everyone the path towards happiness in response to the suffering and anguish of the ordinary people of his time and was respected by all. Anyone could come to the Buddha and ask him questions. This was the scene of early Buddhism. The road to enlightenment is neither distant nor difficult. Any of you who has a question can come and ask. In Ven. Pomnyun Sunim’s books, you will be able to read the words of wisdom that awakens the mind, now in English as well. Foreword Sad I miss my deceased son / Tokyo I am lonely / Oslo My friends have betrayed me / Oakland I have deeply hurt my mother / Istanbul I cannot accept the deaths of my family members / Dallas I want to have a baby / Kyoto Afraid I suffer from depression / Singapore I am worthless as a mother / Nagoya I am soon to become a mother but I feel too insecure / Phoenix What can I do to attain peace of mind? / UCLA(University of California, Los Angeles) I get scared when Mommy and Daddy fight / Tenafly How can I become confident? / Pittsburgh I want to have a boyfriend but I have no confidence / Sacramento Angry I have to be with someone I hate / Ottawa I hate my father / Amsterdam I cannot forgive my mother for leaving me / UTS(Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York) I regret getting mad / Budapest I am kind to strangers, but I easily get mad at my husband and children / Moscow What do I do when anger arises? / Athens My mother and aunt were very close before but are now enemies / Montreal My mother keeps criticizing my father / Munich Desirous How do I renounce greed? / Google I cannot approve some qualities of my children / Portland How can I meet good people? / Guatemala City How can I be loved as a wife and as a daughter-in-law? / Madison I want to live to serve others / Raleigh I want to live a giving life / Melbourne Dissatisfied Why am I so unattractive? / Prague I love my family, but they don’t love me back / Lisbon I am extremely restless at home after my retirement / Ellicott City My husband competes with his children / Fairfax I want to have a purpose, a dream / Kansas City How can I love myself? / Philadelphia My husband is addicted to gambling / Las Vegas People discriminate against me for not eating meat / Mexico City Lost I have no purpose in life / Manhattan I changed my sex / Tacoma I have lied and deeply hurt my husband / Taipei How can I become a good father, a good husband? / Hanoi Why do I need to get married? / Stockholm I do not want to get married / Auckland I find it hard to express myself / New Haven Inquisitive I want to know more about the Diamond Sutra / Indianapolis What is practice? / Ann Arbor Why do I have to do 108 prostrations? / Newport News Does it help advance world peace if I meditate? / Princeton University How to bring about political change / Washington DC How should I understand religion? / Dublin How can I be a good consultant? / Tampa How can I gain merits as a doctor? / Houston 법륜 스님의 <야단법석> 영어판 출간 법륜 스님의 즉문즉설을 담은 책 <야단법석>을 영어로도 읽을 수 있게 됐다. 법륜스님이 대중과 만나 나누는 대화, 즉문즉설은 유튜브 1억 뷰가 증거하듯 이미 잘 알려져 있다. 스님은 오래 전부터 대중과 묻고 답하며 고민거리를 해결해가는 즉문즉설을 진행해왔으며 고뇌가 있고 질문이 있는 곳이라면 그 장소와 대상역시 가리지 않았다. 2014년에는 세계 115개 도시를 돌며 강연을 진행했는데 주로 외국에 살고 있는 한국인을 대상으로 했지만 현지의 외국인들도 다수 참가하였고 때로는 통역을 동반하여 외국인과 즉문즉설을 하기도 하였다. 그 기록이 한국에서 2015년 출간된 <야단법석>이다. 불교와 법륜 스님, 그리고 삶의 문제를 해결하는 불교적 방식에 관심을 보이는 외국인이 많다는 것이 확인되면서, 외국인도 스님의 말씀을 직접 접하게 해달라는 요청이 쇄도하였다. 이번에 나온 은 <야단법석>에 실린 글들 중 외국인도 공감하기 쉬운 이야기 50편을 뽑아 만들었다. 불교는 접근이 어렵다거나, 선(禪)과 수행이 전부라거나, 특정한 소수에게만 어울린다거나 하는 등의 선입견이 일부 있다. 그러나 를 읽어보면, 불교가 얼마나 생활에 밀착해 있으며 일상의 번뇌를 해결하고 행복에 도움을 주는지를 대번에 알게 된다. 붓다는 당대에 필부들의 고통과 고뇌에 응답하여 행복의 길을 제시했기에 위대해졌고 뭇사람의 존경을 받았다. 누구든 그에게 와서 물을 수 있었다. 그것이 불교 초기의 풍경이다. 멀고 어려운 길이 아니다. 누구든 궁금하다면 와서 물으시길. 정신을 깨우는 지혜의 말씀을 얻어 들을 수 있을 터이다. 이제는 영어로도 말이다.
This book has chapters describing the origins, faith and practice of the three main 'new' religions of Korea, Cheondo-gyo, Daejong-gyo and Won-Buddhism, written by members of each, as well as gener
Have you ever wondered what happens to us when we die? What if you really HAD to know? When tragedy strikes the family of young Jobran Winter, he is forced to confront these questions directly. Undertaking a feverish "Quest," he explores various branches of Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Sikhism, as well as the religions of China and Japan. His search encompasses the New Age, Reincarnation, Spiritism and Psychical Research. Attending channeling sessions and séances, investigating haunted houses and Near-Death Experiences, he examines spiritual traditions ranging from Swedenborg to Scientology, from Jodo Shinshu to the Jehovah's Witnesses. Finally, the Quest brings him into direct contact with Hospice work; physical disability; child abandonment; abortion; suicide; euthanasia, and even cold-blooded murder. Encounter the doctrines of Purgatory & Predestination, Universalism & Annihilationism, as you journey in a novel that will make you reexamine your ideas about religion, skepticism, love, death and LIFE.
"A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science. Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to romance. There are conferences, courses, and celebrities promoting the notion that Buddhism is spirituality for the rational; compatible with cutting-edge science; indeed, "a science of the mind." In this provocative book, Evan Thompson argues that this representation of Buddhism is false. In lucid and entertaining prose, Thompson dives deep into both Western and Buddhist philosophy to explain how the goals of science and religion are fundamentally different. Efforts to seek their unification are wrongheaded and promote mistaken ideas of both. He suggests cosmopolitanism instead, a worldview with deep roots in both Eastern and Western traditions. Smart, sympathetic, and intellectually ambitious, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Buddhism's place in our world today."--Provided by publisher.
Dr Ambedkar and the Revival of Buddhism II by Sangharakshita Pdf
This companion to volume 9 continues the story of Dr B.R. Ambedkar and his role in the revival of Buddhism in India. It includes a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism, a commentary on Dr Ambedkar’s article ‘Buddha and the Future of His Religion’, articles on the mass conversion in 1956, an account of Sangharakshita’s visit to Nagpur at the time of Dr Ambedkar’s death, and notes from some of the hundreds of talks Sangharakshita gave in India during the next few years, as well as later talks he gave both in India and in the West.
Korean Americans and Their Religions by Ho-Youn Kwon Pdf
Since 1965 the Korean American population has grown to over one million people. These Korean Americans, including immigrants and their offspring, have founded thousands of Christian congregations and scores of Buddhist temples in the United States. In fact, their religious presence is perhaps the most distinctive contribution of Korean Americans to multicultural diversity in the United States. Korean Americans and Their Religions takes the first sustained look at this new component of the American religious mosaic. The fifteen chapters focus on cultural, racial, gender, and generational factors and are noteworthy for the attention they give to both Christian and Buddhist traditions and to both first&– and second-generation experiences. The editors and contributors represent the fields of sociology, psychology, theology, and religious ministry and themselves embody the diversities underlying the Korean American religious experience: they are Korean immigrants who are leaders in their fields and second-generation Korean Americans beginning their careers as well as leaders of both Christian and Buddhist communities. Among them are sympathetically analytical outside observers. Korean Americans and Their Religions is a welcome addition to the emerging literature in the sociology of &"new immigrant&" religious communities, and it provides the fullest portrait yet of the Korean religious experience in America.
Buddhist Exploration of Peace and Justice by Chanju Mun,Ronald S. Green Pdf
This book contributes to the increasingly important issue of how Buddhists should respond to war, violence and the injustices of the world. The collection of essays in this volume is the most comprehensive on the theme of peace and justice in Buddhist contexts to date. The distinguished contributors equally represent the two major Buddhist traditions, Theravada and Mahayana, and investigate the subject from the rich array of expertise in Buddhist theories and practices. The book is intended for social scientists, peace activists, Buddhist scholars, engaged Buddhists and all people concerned about social conditions. Readers will find this Buddhist wisdom on peace and justice may broaden their understanding of the relationship of self to other. The contributors hope these uplifting messages will lead to the discovery of ways of brining about happiness in this world of conflict and injustice. (
Religions of Korea in Practice by Robert E. Buswell Jr. Pdf
Korea has one of the most diverse religious cultures in the world today, with a range and breadth of religious practice virtually unrivaled by any other country. This volume in the Princeton Readings in Religions series is the first anthology in any language, including Korean, to bring together a comprehensive set of original sources covering the whole gamut of religious practice in both premodern and contemporary Korea. The book's thirty-two chapters help redress the dearth of source materials on Korean religions in Western languages. Coverage includes shamanic rituals for the dead and songs to quiet fussy newborns; Buddhist meditative practices and exorcisms; Confucian geomancy and ancestor rites; contemporary Catholic liturgy; Protestant devotional practices; internal alchemy training in new Korean religions; and North Korean Juche ("self-reliance") ideology, an amalgam of Marxism and Neo-Confucian filial piety focused on worship of the "father," Kim Il Sung. Religions of Korea in Practice provides substantial coverage of contemporary Korean religious practice, especially the various Christian denominations and new indigenous religions. Each chapter includes an extensive translation of original sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections and offers suggestions for further reading. This book will help any reader gain a better appreciation of the rich complexity of Korea's religious culture.
Author : Chongsan Publisher : State University of New York Press Page : 345 pages File Size : 53,6 Mb Release : 2012-01-01 Category : Religion ISBN : 9781438440255
The Dharma Master Chǒngsan of Won Buddhism by Chongsan Pdf
Won Buddhism emerged in early twentieth-century Korea after a long period of anti-Buddhist repression. It is a syncretic tradition, a form of Buddhism strongly influenced by the Chŏson dynasty's Neo-Confucian ethical heritage and by Daoism. Seeking to deliver sentient beings from suffering and to create a just and ethical world, Won Buddhism stresses practical application of the dharma and service. It offers a vision of people as one family, morally perfected. This book provides the first English translations of the writings of Chŏngsan (1900–62), the second dharma master of Won Buddhism, who codified the new religion's central doctrines. The translations here include Chŏngsan's discussion of Buddha-nature, described as a mind-seal and symbolized by the Irwŏnsang (a unitary circle); his synthesis of Confucian moral and political programs with Buddhist notions of emancipation from birth and death; and his expositions on realizing the ideal of all people as one family.
