A Buddhist Bible

The first book to bring together the key texts of modern BuddhismIn the last hundred years the world especially the West has increasinglyembraced the teachings ... » 

The first book to bring together the key texts of modern BuddhismIn the last hundred years the world especially the West has increasinglyembraced the teachings of Buddhism. A Modern Buddhist Bible is the firstanthology to bring together the writings from Buddhists both Eastern andWestern that have redefined Buddhism for our era.Forging a niversal doctrine from the divergent traditions of China Sri LankaJapan Burma Thailand and Tibet the makers of modern Buddhism saw it as areturn to the origin as renowned scholar Donald Lopez shows. Modern Buddhismis for them a homeward journey to the vision of Buddha himself. Putting farmore stress on meditation and spirituality than on ritual and relics itembraces the ordination of women and values of science social justicetolerance and individual freedom.A Modern Buddhist Bible includes writing by Jack Kerouac Allen GinsbergWilliam Burroughs the Dalai Lama Thich Nhat Hanh Tai Hsu Cheng Yen ShakuSoen D. T. Suzuki Alan Watts Gary Snyder Shunryu Suzuki and others whohave played a role in the rich and complex movement that fused Eastern insightwith Western consciousness. «