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This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected six
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Buddhism and Modernity
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Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were d
Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity
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We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional unders
The Birth of Insight
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Insight meditation, which claims to offer practitioners a chance to escape all suffering by perceiving the true nature of reality, is one of the most popular fo