Becoming Buddhist: Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist Centres

What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners''...

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Main Author: Eddy, Glenys (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Further subjects:B Buddhist converts ; Australia
B Electronic books
B Buddhism ; Social aspects ; Australia
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Summary:What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners'' prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices—and their experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation—are examined with respect to their roles in practitioners'' appropriation of the Buddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path to enlightenment
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ISBN:1441118462