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Contemporary engaged Buddhist scholars typically claim either that Buddhism always endorsed social activism, or that its non-endorsement of such activism represented an unwitting lack of progress. This article examines several classical South Asian Buddhist texts that explicitly reject social and political activism. These texts argue for this rejection on the grounds that the most important sources of suffering are not something that activism can fix, and that political involvement interferes with the tranquility required for liberation. The article then examines the history of engaged Buddhism in order to identify why this rejection of activism has not yet been taken sufficiently seriously.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Family and the Construction of Religious Communities -- 1. Renunciation as the Creation of a New Family -- 2. Renunciation for the Sake of Family -- 3. Renunciation Together with Family -- Historical Families, Imagined Families -- Parents and Children -- Wives and Husbands -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART I: Historical Families, Imagined Families -- 2. Serving the Emperor by Serving the Buddha: Imperial Buddhist Monks and Nuns as Abbots, Abbesses, and Adoptees in Early Modern Japan -- Introduction -- The Imperial Family -- The Imperial Family and Buddhism -- Imperial Temples and Convents -- Imperial Convents and Temples in the Tokugawa Period -- Imperial Temples, Imperial Convents, and Imperial Rituals -- Adoption and Imperial Monastic Institutions -- Conclusion: Courtly, Familial Monastic Practice -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. The Tantric Family Romance: Sex and the Construction of Social Identity in Tantric Buddhist Ritual -- Introduction -- The South Asian Family and Buddhism -- Lineage and Tantric Buddhism -- Ritual Transactions: Entering the Family of the Guru -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Bone and Heart Sons: Biological and Imagined Kin in the Creation of Family Lineage in Tibetan Buddhism -- Introduction -- Background -- Introduction to Family Lineage in Tibetan Buddhism -- Introduction to Shakya Shri's Family -- Incarnation Lineages in Shakya Shri's Family -- Dual Lineages: Phagchog Dorje as a Khyentse -- Bone and Blood: Biological and Imagined Familial Ties -- Celibacy, Lifespan, and Ethics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5. Families Matter: Ambiguous Attitudes toward Child Ordination in Contemporary Sri Lanka -- Narada -- Narada's Father: Reflections and Resolutions -- Narada's Mother: Grief, Loss, and Attempted Resolutions -- Mangala.

'Buddhism in America' by Richard Hughes Seager is reviewed.

"This book argues that Buddhism has spread due to globalized capitalism, and explores how capitalism is also impacting Buddhists and Buddhism today. Edited by two leading scholars in Buddhist studies, the book examines how capitalism and neo-liberalism have shaped global perceptions of Buddhism, as well as specific local practices and attitudes. It examines the institutional practices that sustained the spread of Buddhism for two and a half millennia, and the adaptation of Buddhist institutions in contemporary, global economic systems-particularly in Europe and the United States over the last century and half. These innovative essays on the interfaces between Buddhism and capitalism will prompt readers to rethink the connection between Buddhism and secular society. Case studies include digital capitalism, tourism, and monasticism, and are drawn from the USA, Tibet, China, Japan, and Thailand."--

"The present volume contains the seventh course of lectures offered by New York university upon the foundation known as the Charles F. Deems lectureship of philosophy"--Pref. note. ; "Selected bibliography of works in Japanese": p. 349-351. ; Buddhist origins. Gautama's environment ; The Buddha's life and teaching ; Success of the new religion -- Development of primitive Buddhism into Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism of Asoka's day ; Rise of Mahayana Buddhism ; Spread of Buddhism through China -- Developments of Buddhism in Japan. Introduction into Japan ; Rise of the six Nara sects ; Kyoto sects ; The sects of the great awakening ; Political strife and religious decline ; Religion in the Tokugawa period ; Buddhism in the Meiji era -- The Buddhist canon as known in Japan -- Outline of main doctrines of Japanese Buddhism. Summary statement ; Theory of knowledge ; Buddhist world views ; The pluralistic world of experience ; The god-idea of Japanese Buddhism ; Man and his condition ; Salvation ; Things to come -- Buddhist ethics. General aspects ; The vices and virtues ; Buddhist gold nuggets, or choice quotations from some of the leading Buddhist scriptures -- The place of Buddhism in Japanese life, past, present and future. The influence in the past ; The place of Buddhism in present-day Japan ; The place of Buddhism in the future. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- The Economic Study of Buddhism -- Part I: Historical Perspective -- Chapter 1: Monastic Capitalism? On the Inclusiveness of Tibetan Monastic Institutions -- Part II: Contemporary Studies -- Chapter 2: Selling Buddhism by Branding Mindfulness and Reiki as Valuable, Secular Services: Three Interacting Economic Models -- Chapter 3: Consciousness Raising, False Consciousness, and Freud: Buddhist Traditions in Contemporary Mental Health Economies in the United States -- Chapter 4: Buddhist Technoscapes: Interrogating "Skillful Means" in East Asian Monasteries -- Chapter 5: Perceiving Authenticity: Online Tourism Reviews of Buddhist Tourist Destinations -- Chapter 6: Ethics in Small Business Capitalism of Women Kuan Im Followers in Thailand -- Chapter 7: The Business of Buddhism: Creating Karmic Connections in Ladakh and Europe -- Chapter 8: Gross National Happiness: Capitalism under Buddhism in the Kingdom of Bhutan -- Part III: Theoretical Reflections -- Chapter 9: Drawing Blood: At the Intersection of Knowledge Economies and Buddhist Economies -- Chapter 10: A Part of or Apart from Globalization? The Ambivalent Relationship between Buddhism and Modern Capitalism -- Chapter 11: Prolegomena to a Buddhist(ic) Critique of Capitalism -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1: Introduction -- Deleuzian Remarks on Buddhism -- Organization of the Book -- Bibliography -- 2: Deleuze and the Lotus Sūtra: Toward an Ethics of Immanence -- Introduction -- Immanence and Transcendence -- On Deleuze's Philosophy of Immanence -- On the Doctrine of Buddha-Nature in the Lotus Sūtra -- Toward an Ethics of Immanence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3: Deleuze, Spinoza and the Question of Reincarnation in the Mahāyāna Tradition -- Introduction -- Reincarnation Itself as Real or Conventional?