num_pages: 512
description: Engaged Buddhism is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society. Engaged Buddhism in the West illuminates the evolution of this new chapter in the Buddhist tradition - including its history leadership and teachings - and addresses issues such as violence and peace race and gender homelessness prisons and the environment.Eighteen new studies explore the activism of renowned leaders and organizations such as Thich Nhat Hanh Bernard Glassman Joanna Macy the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the Free Tibet Movement and the emergence of a new Buddhism in North America Europe South Africa and Australia.
language: English
title: Engaged Buddhism in the West
publisher: Wisdom Publications