British Buddhism
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Please be aware that this tag is still under construction and as such is missing information and may be changed or removed at any time. For all the content under consideration for this tag, see the “British Buddhism” folder on Google Drive.
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Books (9)
Canonical Works (1)
Readings (6)
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“Buddhism” and “Ireland” were almost impossible to hold together. What we find instead are defectors from the imperial service class, “going native” in Japan, Ceylon or Ladakh and stepping outside both their own local culture and imperial arrangements tout court.
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Efforts to import the Theravāda monastic system in a partial manner did not succeed. The system eventually had to be swallowed whole, though rendered more palatable by specific innovations.
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We conducted in-depth narrative interviews with 30 male meditators in London, United Kingdom, to explore the appeal Buddhism held for them.
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