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28 wrz 2020 · They believed that, through his reconstruction of “Shambhala”—the mythical Tibetan kingdom on which he’d modelled his New Age community, creating one of the most influential Buddhist organizations in the West—he had innovated a spiritual cure for a postmodern age, a series of precepts to help Westerners meditate their way out of apathy and egotism.
22 mar 2017 · From my vantage today I’d have to call him an aspiring cult leader. Even at the time it seemed he was possibly crazy, claiming all sorts of things that just didn’t hang together.
18 cze 2018 · It was during the 1983 scandals surrounding SFZC leader, Richard Baker-roshi, that many of the interpretive lacunae—specifically, a relative inattention to ethical languages—became readily apparent.
New Religions, Cult Experts, and the Media. Written by Thomas J. Ward. Ward, Thomas J. Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 22, 2021 - Pages 117-132. For nearly half a century, tensions have existed between New Religious Movements (NRMs) and what is referred to as the Anti-Cult Movement (ACM). In the United States Court systems, the NRMs have ...
10 maj 2021 · While often associated with a liberal demographic, the increasing online visibility of rhetoric such as “snowflakes,” “politically correct,” “postmodern identity politics,” and “cultural Marxism” demonstrates the presence of right-wing sentiments and populations in American convert Buddhism.
Through a focus on the Zen sex scandals, this chapter redirects attention to practice communities to provide a more nuanced consideration of intersections between American Buddhism and psychotherapy. The scandals provide a useful focus for a number of reasons.
15 lut 2022 · Perhaps the critical event foreshadowing the entry of Zen Buddhism to the United States was the World Parliament of Religions, held at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. One of the Buddhists in attendance was Sōyen Shaku, a Rinzai Zen master.
