Pure Land or Pure Mind?: Locus of Awakening and American Popular Religious Culture
This essay has two sections, each with its own distinct goal, forming an interrelated whole. The first introduces “locus of awakening,” and applies it to the relative success in America of Zen and Tibetan Buddhisms, compared to Pure Land Buddhism. The explanatory power of the concept is demonstrated...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for the Study of Global Buddhism
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Buddhism |
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| Online Access: | http://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/144 |