Grassroots Zen (ePub)
Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century
(Sprache: Englisch)
Grassroots Zen envisions a socially engaged Buddhism where zazen is integrated each day with work, family, and social obligations.Though both authors have practiced traditional Zen for decades here they eschew the militaristic, patriarchal tendencies of Zen...
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Grassroots Zen envisions a socially engaged Buddhism where zazen is integrated each day with work, family, and social obligations.Though both authors have practiced traditional Zen for decades here they eschew the militaristic, patriarchal tendencies of Zen in favor of "an egalitarian community of socially mobile members who place less emphasis upon transmission and hierarchy than on individual responsibility."
Autoren-Porträt von Perle Besserman, Manfred Steger
Perle Besserman is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and creative nonfiction, including several books on spirituality that were praised by Isaac Bashevis Singer for their clarity and feeling for mystic lore and by Publishers Weekly for the wisdom [that] points to a universal practice of the heart. Besserman's books have been translated into over ten languages. She holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and, together with Manfred Steger, is founding co-teacher of the Princeton Area Zen Group in Princeton, New Jersey.Manfred B. Steger is the founding teacher of the Princeton Area Zen Group. (www.princetonzengroup.org). He and his wife Perle Besserman are deeply dedicated to the cultivation of a Western-style lay practice that maintains the essential elements of Zensitting meditation, interviews with a teacher, and silent retreats. A professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Honorary Professor of Global Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, Steger has written or edited twenty books on politics, history, and religion, including the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction.
Manfred and Perle divide their time between Princeton, Melbourne, and Honolulu.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Perle Besserman , Manfred Steger
- 2017, Revised Edition, 200 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Monkfish Book Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1939681707
- ISBN-13: 9781939681706
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2017
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