Why Buddhism? Westerners in Search of Wisdom

Name: Why Buddhism? Westerners in Search of Wisdom
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ISBN: 9780007142286

ISBN-10: 0007142285

ISBN-13: 9780007142286

Edition: 2003

Authors: Vicki MacKenzie

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Featuring world-renowned Buddhists such as composer Philip Glass and Professor Bob Thurman, this text takes a fascinating look at why Westerners are turning to Buddhism in record numbers.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Teaching Buddhism in prison: Robina Courtin, Nun among gangsters	p. 1
From Sotheby's to Dharamsala: Alison Murdoch, Buddhist and Christian	p. 22
A tremendous ripening effect: Thubten Gelek, Itinerant monk and pupil	p. 48
The cultivation of mindfulness: Sharon Salzberg, Teacher of a way of seeing	p. 69
Something spoke to my heart: Bob Sharples, Counsellor and psychologist	p. 92
Digitizing the Dharma: Michael Roach, Diamond merchant, meditator and scholar	p. 108
A place for the heart to rest: Tracy Mann, Actor	p. 125
Life as a question, not fact: Stephen Batchelor, Author, teacher and skeptic	p. 142
Being in the gateway: Inta McKimm, A dying person full of joy	p. 163
Miffi Maxmillion, Inta McKimm's daughter	p. 185
Unencumbered by guilt: Clive Arrowsmith, Photographer	p. 190
A deep shift inside me: Lama Palden Drolma, Teacher, mother and psychotherapist	p. 209
Pie in the sky in your fridge: Philip Glass, Composer	p. 231
A vision of personal evolution: Robert Thurman, Professor with presence	p. 246
Unfolding to new experience: Sister Kovida, Alms pilgrim	p. 261
The vastness and power of the mind: Yvonne Rand, Zen priest and teacher/student	p. 278
Key Buddhist terms	p. 302
Further reading	p. 308
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