Bhikkhu Bodhi, an American Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition, calls himself the “indirect” founder of BGR. In 2004, after a tsunami killed more than 270,000 people around the Indian Ocean, ...

Wimpy American seeks butt-kicking enlightenment in China. To encourage young adults to read for pleasure by presenting to them lists of popular or topical titles which are widely available in ...

They may find tranquillity, too—just not the cuddly sort that American pop-Buddhism advertises. For the Himalayan monks of the early teen centuries, the ideal setting for initiation was a ...

He used the time to study Buddhism to satisfy his curiosity ... An acquaintance introduced the American to Tojo as someone who loves visiting temples. Although the head priest had never thought ...

In the context of this narrative, the dissertation examined such issues as Bernard’s place in the early history of the American subculture and counter-culture informed by Indian concepts of ...