Land of beautiful vision : making a Buddhist sacred place in New Zealand /

Land of Beautiful Vision is the first book-length ethnography to address the role of material culture in contemporary adaptations of Buddhism and the first to focus on convert Buddhists in New Zealand. Sally McAra takes as her subject a fascinating instance of an ongoing creative process whereby a g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McAra, Sally, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2007.
Colección:Topics in contemporary Buddhism.
Temas:
Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre.
Western Buddhist Order. > Friends.
Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre
Western Buddhist Order. > Friends
Buddhism > New Zealand > Thames.
Buddhist converts > New Zealand > Thames.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Buddhism
Buddhist converts
New Zealand > Thames
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Spelling and Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1 .A New Tradition
  • 2. Unplugging from the Grid
  • 3. A Spiritual Home
  • 4. Unsettling Place
  • 5. The Stūpa Is Dhardo
  • 6. Interanimation
  • 7. ''Re-visioning'' Place
  • Appendix 1. FWBO Figures
  • Appendix 2. The Five Precepts
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Sources Cited
  • Index.

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