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	Universität Luzern
		Hahlbohm-Helmus, Elke, "Buddhism as philosophy and psychology, Performance aspects of Tibetan Buddhism 'in the West' between 1959 and 1990", in: Recherches Sociologiques: Le bouddhisme en Occident : approches sociologiques et anthropologiques, 31, 3, 2000, pp.49-66.
		Polichetti, Massimiliano A., "The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in The West", in: The Tibet Journal, 18, 3, 1993, pp.
		Cush, Denise, "Buddhism in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West", unpubl.
	www.unilu.ch /gf/3259_9390.htm

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		While numerous pilgrims arrived China from the West, Chinese Buddhist pilgrims were sent to India during different times and the accounts which some of them have left of their travels in the Silk Road provide valuable evidence of the state of Buddhism in Central Asia and India from the 4th to the 7th centuries.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (3351 words)

	One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
		What makes this time unique in the development of Buddhism is not only that East is meeting West, but also that isolated Asian traditions are now meeting for the first time in centuries, and they are doing so here in the West.
		Buddhist monk Ajahn Amaro explores Buddhism's strong appeal to many in the Western world, and describes his own spiritual journey from West to East.
		Excerpted from One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism.
	www.gracecathedral.org /enrichment/excerpts/exc_20020703.shtml (1136 words)

	Westward Dharma
		The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia.
		Leading scholars from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia explore the plurality and heterogeneity of traditions and practices that are characteristic of Buddhism in the West.
		Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West: The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies
	ucpress.org /books/pages/9178.html (560 words)

	Bibliography on Buddhism in Europe
		Hahlbohm-Helmus, Elke, "Buddhism as philosophy and psychology, Performance aspects of Tibetan Buddhism 'in the West' between 1959 and 1990", in: Recherches Sociologiques: Le bouddhisme en Occident : approches sociologiques et anthropologiques, 31, 3, 2000, pp.49-66.
		Cush, Denise, "Buddhism in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West", unpubl.
		Nyanasatta Thera, "Buddhism in the West", serialised in Buddha Rasmi 15-16, Bambalapitiya 1956, offprinted by the Buddhist Brotherhood, Royal College, Colombo 1957, repr.
	www.globalbuddhism.org /bib-bud.html (13503 words)

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		Teaching Buddhism in the West: From the Wheel to the Web (Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
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	Surrey and W. Sussex Web Site
		Generally, activities and views on this site are those of individual members the Surrey and West Sussex Chapter of Soka Gakkai UK (SGI-UK), a UK registered charity which is the Lay Society for practitioners of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism.
		This is part of a large (14 million members in 181 countries) Japanese school based in the T'ien T'ai Chinese Mahayana tradition of "Northern" Buddhism.
		This website is intended to give useful (unofficial) information about Buddhism in Surrey and West Sussex to our members and interested readers.
	www.sgi-sws.org.uk (13503 words)

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		Buddhism reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries in Afghanistan before it fell to the Arabs.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (3351 words)

	Index Buddhism BBC World Service
		Over the last 30 years Buddhism has seen growth in the West as its non-dogmatic nature, rationality, possibility of a spiritual guide, and opportunity for personal transformation have all made it attractive to post-modern society.
		An explanation of how Buddhism has challenged the cultures of the West, and revitalised the traditional Buddhist cultures.
		Buddhism does not actively look for converts, but it is thoroughly welcoming to those who do want to convert.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/people/features/world_religions/buddhism.shtml (194 words)

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		Buddhism reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries in Afghanistan before it fell to the Arabs.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (194 words)

	Essay Review of "The New Buddhism"
		Coleman distinguishes between ethnic Buddhism in the West, part of the cultural tradition brought by Asian immigrants, and the “new Buddhism” which attracts Western adherents, most of whom are “wealthy, liberal, highly educated Anglos.” The author’s survey of 359 people at seven Buddhist centers, conducted from 1992 to 1996, while not scientific, is nevertheless instructive.
		Western Buddhism has taken a far more egalitarian approach and Coleman writes that “The most important transformation Buddhism has undergone, and the one that seems most likely to be a permanent fixture in the West, has been the growing power of women and the trend toward full gender equality.”
		Traditional Buddhism, while philosophically open to the full equality of women and men in the quest for enlightenment, in practice tended to be patriarchal and sexist.
	www.butte.cc.ca.us /~barnettd/salem2002.html (1600 words)

	Western Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A feature of Buddhism in the West has been the emergence of groups which, even though they draw on traditional Buddhism, are in fact an attempt at creating a new style of Buddhist practice.
		Many forms of Zen, Pure Land, Indian Vipassana and Tibetan Buddhism are popular in the West.
		Chögyam Trungpa's Shambhala group is one example, and the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order founded by Sangharakshita is another.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Buddhism (139 words)

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		Buddhism reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries in Afghanistan before it fell to the Arabs.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (139 words)

	Journal of Buddhist Ethics
		"Western Buddhism" now seems as apt as "Buddhism in the West": over a hundred years have passed since a Zen master addressed the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago; major American Zen Centers are approaching their thirtieth anniversaries; an estimated million Americans identify themselves as Buddhists; Buddhist publications are flourishing; and so on.
		Although the forms of socially engaged Buddhism in the West vary, and the Buddhist schools that contribute to the movement are diverse, one aspiration is almost universally shared by those involved -- the ideal of nonviolence or peace.
		The geographical contours of Western Buddhism are necessarily unfixed; in this essay the term refers primarily to Buddhism in North America and Europe.
	jbe.gold.ac.uk /2/kraft.html (7904 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		Tibetan Buddhism's growing "popularity" in the West has a lot to do with the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Dalai Lama, and everybody from Hollywood actor Richard Gere to the Beastie Boys pop group jumping on the bandwagon.
		All this has to happen if Tibetan Buddhism is to survive as a viable, dynamic and attractive religion in the West.
		For typical unenlightened Westerners coming to Tibetan Buddhism for the first time, they are faced with a pantheon of fearsome Buddhist deities, archaic mantras, and a choice of different paths and schools.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/EL25Ad05.html (2620 words)

	Himalayan Kingdoms - Destinations
		Buddhism of both the Mahayana and Hinayana sect is practiced among the tribes of Tawang and West Kameng, West Siang and Lohit.
		Arunachal Pradesh is situated on the north eastern tip of India, bordering Bhutan on the west, Tibet/China on the north, Burma (Myanmar) on the east and the Indian state of Assam to the south.
		The centre of Mahayana Buddhism in Arunachal is Tawang monastery, founded 370 years ago and now one of the largest in asia.
	www.himalayankingdoms.com /destinationinfo.ihtml?destid=1 (2620 words)

	Academic Buddhology Buddhism Digital Cyber-Sangha
		Although Buddhism in the West has yet to emerge as a pluralistic inter-cultural phenomenon, yet I think we are seeing its potential emergence within a new framework of communication in the “ Novayana ” of the West.
		As the historian of American Buddhism Charles Prebish says: ““Perhaps the most consequential impact of the aggressive spread of Buddhism into cyberspace, along with the creation of a new kind of American Buddhist sangha never imagined by the Buddha, is the uniting of all the Buddhist communities or sanghas.
		The terminology for examining the Buddhism phenomena on the Web is both a response to the huge presence of Buddhist websites, and the need for a new language to communicate between the diverse cultural communities and traditions that now converse with one another.
	www.uwec.edu /greider/BMRB/teach/academic_buddhology.AARpaper.htm (2620 words)

	BuddhaNet File library: Zen, Chan Buddhist Teachings
		07 KB The Future of Zen Buddhism in the West (Robert Aitken, Roshi).
		05 KB The Future of Zen Buddhism in the West, by Robert Aitken, Roshi.
		30 KB The Foundations of Wisdom - The Teachings of Zen Buddhism.
	www.buddhanet.net /ftp11.htm (2620 words)

	Alan Wallace Online
		Dynamic lecturer, progressive scholar, and one of the most prolific writers and translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D., continually seeks innovative ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices with Western science to advance the study of the mind.
		With his unique background, Alan brings deep experience and applied skills to the challenge of integrating traditional Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with the modern world.
		Having devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H. the Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious studies at Stanford.
	www.alanwallace.org (129 words)

	Himalayan Kingdoms - Destinations
		Buddhism of both the Mahayana and Hinayana sect is practiced among the tribes of Tawang and West Kameng, West Siang and Lohit.
		Arunachal Pradesh is situated on the north eastern tip of India, bordering Bhutan on the west, Tibet/China on the north, Burma (Myanmar) on the east and the Indian state of Assam to the south.
		The centre of Mahayana Buddhism in Arunachal is Tawang monastery, founded 370 years ago and now one of the largest in asia.
	www.himalayankingdoms.com /destinationinfo.ihtml?destid=1 (129 words)

	Buddha and Buddhism - worlds fifth largest religion
		Now that Buddhism has come to the West, westerners are faced with the task of creating new and viable Buddhist traditions for the modern world.
		Over the last thirty years the FWBO has grown to be one of the largest Buddhist movements in the West, with centres and activities in many cities around the world.
		Dharma 101, The Basics of Buddhism, The Life of Buddha, Buddhist Glossary, Driving Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh, Tibetan Meditation Instructions by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Zazen: How to Sit, Theravadin Breath Meditation Instructions.
	www.unitarian.co.za /buddhism_buddha.html (129 words)

	Gerard Downey on reconciling Buddhism and science
		Buddhism, at least from my reading of the popularizers of Buddhism in the West, is for the most part presented as part of a general flight from reason that seems to be a reaction to the complexity of contemporary civilization.
		In the West Buddhism has been presented as asserting an anti-scientific spiritualism that is coupled with an irrationalism.
		This history of science is a necessary condition for understanding the argument I wish to give to you concerning the non-relation of Buddhism and Science.
	www.lasalle.edu /~downey/won.htm (3955 words)

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		Buddhism reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries in Afghanistan before it fell to the Arabs.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (3955 words)

	Chinese Culture: Texts
		Chinese Food - Two Texts, "A Spanish Diplomat Visits China" from J.H. Parry, ed., The European Reconnaissance, (New York: Harper and Row, 1968), as excerpted in William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Speigelvogel, World History, (Mineapolis/St. Paul: West, 1994), p.
		Chinese Doctrinal Buddhism, a modern essay on the nature of Chinese Buddhism.
		The Hai-lu, a Chinese traveler's account of the West in the 18th century.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts.html (1462 words)

	American Buddhism
		"Buddhism in the West: Phases, Orders and the Creation of an Integrative Buddhism." Internationales Asienforum 27, 3-4 (1996), 345-362.
		Buddhism in America: The Official Record of the Landmark Conference on the Future of Buddhist Meditative Practices in the West.
		"Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai in America: The Pioneer Spirit." In Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka (eds.), The Faces of Buddhism in America.
	www.globalbuddhism.org /bib-ambu.htm (1462 words)

	The Shin DharmaNet
		The purpose and mission of this website is to share information concerning Shin Buddhist tradition and Pure Land Buddhism as it is presently practiced and interpreted by Shin communities in the West and Japan.
		"Shin, the Buddhism of the heart, is the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan but it is still the least known in the west.
		This text brings together a variety of authors on Shin Buddhism from the Meiji period at the end of the 19th century to the present.
	www.shindharmanet.com (365 words)

	South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea (West Sea) to the west and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east, and terminated by the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the south.
		Buddhism is stronger in the more conservative east of the country, namely the Yeongnam and Gangwon regions, where it accounts for more than half of the religious population.
		There are a number of different "schools" in Korean Buddhism, including the Seon (imported from Chan Buddhism in China, then later taught to the Japanese as Zen Buddhism).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Korea (365 words)

	Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
		The decline of Buddhism along the Silk Road was due to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the East and the invasion of Arabs in the West.
		As Buddhism advanced towards the Tarim basin, Kashgaria with Yarkand and Khotan in the west, Tumsuk, Aksu and Kizil in the north, Loulan, Karasahr and Dunhuang in the east, and Miran and Cherchen in the south became important centers of Buddhist art and thought.
		Buddhism reached the height of its power in the 8th and 9th centuries in Afghanistan before it fell to the Arabs.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/buddhism.shtml (3351 words)

	Bibliography on Buddhism in Europe
		Polichetti, Massimiliano A., "The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in The West", in: The Tibet Journal, 18, 3, 1993, pp.
		Cush, Denise, "Buddhism in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West", unpubl.
		The Blossoming of Buddhisma outside Asia, Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press 2001 (in press).
	www.globalbuddhism.org /bib-bud.html (12401 words)

	Conference Dharma
		The fashion for 'concern with abuse' is not merely a modality within 'Western Buddhism' and 'American Buddhism', but one which exists in almost every area of society - to such an extent, that in some in countries, parents have to be cautious about public displays of affection toward their own children.
		Neither are we teachers of Eastern Buddhism - we are simply Nyingmas, and belong to the Nyingma Tradition as it exists both in the East and the West.
		The history of Tibetan Buddhism in the West is littered with the most appalling vow breakage.
	www.damtsig.org /articles/conference.html (12401 words)

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