Wild geese

Wild geese Buddhism in Canada / [electronic resource] : edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sōgen Hori and Alexander Soucy. - Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xvii, 456 p.) : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-429) and index..

Openings. How do we study buddhism in Canada? / Asian reformers, global organizations : an exploration of the possibility of a "Canadian Buddhism" / Histories and overviews. Looking East : Japanese Canadians and Jodo Shinshu buddhism, 1905-1970 / Buddhism after the seventies / Buddhism in Canada : a statistical overview from Canadian censuses, 1981-2001 / From global to local. Jodo Shinshu in Southern Alberta : from rural Raymond to Amalgamation / That Luang : the journey and relocation of Lao Buddhism to Canada / Transforming ordinary life : turning to Zen Buddhism in Toronto / The woodenfish program : Fo Guang Shan, Canadian Youth, and a new generation of Buddhist missionaries / Shambhala international : the golden sun of the great East / From local to global. Globalization and modern transformation of Chinese Buddhism in three Chinese temples in Eastern Canada / The Tzu Chi Merit Society from Taiwan to Canada / A relationship of reciprocity : globalization, skilful means, and Tibetean Buddhism in Canada / Lives. Albert low : a quest for a truthful life / Buddhist / Victor Sõgen Hori ; Alexander Soucy -- Terry Watada ; Henry C.H. Shiu ; Peter Beyer -- John S. Harding ; Marybeth White ; Patricia Q. Campbell ; Lina Verchery ; Lynn P. Eldershaw -- Tannie Liu ; André Laliberté and Manuel Litalien ; Sarah F. Haynes -- Mauro Peressini ; Suwanda H.J. Sugunasiri : Victor Sõgen Hori and Janet McLellan.

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Buddhism--History.--Canada
Bouddhisme--Histoire.--Canada
RELIGION / Buddhism / History


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