Love, Roshi: Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents - Couverture souple

Baroni, Helen J.

 
9781438443782: Love, Roshi: Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438443781 ISBN 13 : 9781438443782
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2013

Synopsis

Robert Baker Aitken’s correspondence with Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners reveals a significant, little-understood aspect of American Buddhism.

Love, Rōshi explores the relationship between Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010), American Zen teacher and author, and his distant correspondents, individuals drawn to Zen teachings and practice through books. Aitken, founder of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha, promoted Zen to a wide audience in works such as Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover. Aitken’s twentieth-century American Zen valued social justice and was compatible with work and family life.

Helen J. Baroni makes use of Aitken’s extensive correspondence preserved in an archive at the University of Hawai’i to provide a window to view the beliefs and practices of the least-studied—and a difficult to study—segment of the Western Buddhist community, Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners. The book looks at the concerns of these correspondents, which included questions on meditation, dealing with isolation as a Buddhist, finding teachers and disillusion with teachers, and being a Buddhist in prison, among a myriad of other matters. The writers’ letters reveal much about their notion of Zen and their image of a “Zen master.” Coverage of Aitken’s responses provides insight into the accommodation of solo practitioners and into the development of a particular strain of American Buddhism.

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À propos de l?auteur

Helen J. Baroni is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is the author of Iron Eyes: The Life and Teachings of Ōbaku Zen Master Tetsugen Dōkō, also published by SUNY Press.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438443781
ISBN 13 
9781438443782
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781438443775: Love, Roshi: Robert Baker Aitken and His Distant Correspondents

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ISBN 10 :  1438443773 ISBN 13 :  9781438443775
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2012
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