Corresponding author: Caroline Starkey, University of Leeds. Email: C.Starkey@leeds.ac.uk This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ISSN 1527-6457 (online). All the articles within this volume deal, in some way, with the multi-dimensional and multi-scalar translation and transference of Buddhist practice that takes place between Asia and the West. The title of this volume is key to the methodological approach of all its contributors: translations between Asia(s) and West(s). Translation, as viewed by the authors here, is not a linear movement from point A to point B (reaching its zenith at point B) but a dynamic interaction which functions to provide a meeting place for exchange between cultures, communities, ethnicities, in-religious traditions, and between religions themselves. An interest in uncovering these varied points of cultural convergence underpins the approach which we as authors have applied in our research. Like many scholars of contemporary Buddhism, we have found theoretical grounding in the work of Thomas Tweed. His Crossing and Dwelling (2006) enacts our own approach to the study of Buddhism, and to and religion more generally, because it views religions as constantly changing in response to the specificities of location and culture. He notes within his definition that:
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{"title":"Meditation, Buddhism, and Science. Edited by David McMahan and Erik Braun","authors":"Ira Helderman","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.2203761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.2203761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"133-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48802439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Pureland Buddhism of the contemporary British teacher and writer Dharmavidya David Brazier has been directly influenced by that of the medieval Japanese thinker, Hōnen. This article investigates the nature of this influence through an examination of two short texts, Dharmavidya’s Summary of Faith and Practice and Hōnen’s Ichimai Kishōmon. It suggests that the relationship between the two pieces of writing can be clarified by applying to them not only the traditional Buddhist concepts of upāya and senju , but also theoretical perspectives drawn from the work of the post-modernist philosopher and religious commentator, John D. Caputo. This approach shows that Dharmavidya leaves ‘open’ what the Pureland ritual of nembutsu chanting might mean for the devotees who practice it. The article also contends that, under Hōnen’s influence, Dharmavidya has produced a text that is radical and ‘post-secular’ in commending devotion rather than meditation as the primary practice of his Order of predominantly ‘Convert’ Buddhists.
{"title":"Dharmavidya’s Engagement with Honen: How a Contemporary British Pureland Buddhist Teacher retrieves his Japanese Spiritual Heritage","authors":"R. Ollier","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1494233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1494233","url":null,"abstract":"The Pureland Buddhism of the contemporary British teacher and writer Dharmavidya David Brazier has been directly influenced by that of the medieval Japanese thinker, Hōnen. This article investigates the nature of this influence through an examination of two short texts, Dharmavidya’s Summary of Faith and Practice and Hōnen’s Ichimai Kishōmon. It suggests that the relationship between the two pieces of writing can be clarified by applying to them not only the traditional Buddhist concepts of upāya and senju , but also theoretical perspectives drawn from the work of the post-modernist philosopher and religious commentator, John D. Caputo. This approach shows that Dharmavidya leaves ‘open’ what the Pureland ritual of nembutsu chanting might mean for the devotees who practice it. The article also contends that, under Hōnen’s influence, Dharmavidya has produced a text that is radical and ‘post-secular’ in commending devotion rather than meditation as the primary practice of his Order of predominantly ‘Convert’ Buddhists.","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"43-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49602415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charismatic Monks of Lanna Buddhism, by Paul Cohen","authors":"A. Horstmann","doi":"10.5281/2203769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/2203769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"127-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42096216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper, we explore two examples of Western theatre practice which draw directly on Buddhist monastic dance. Examining Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s Mudra Space Awareness alongside Mexican theatre director Nicolas Nunez’s Citlalmina allows us to consider the ways in which aspects of Buddhism might be conveyed within performative form, and to consider these practices as translations from Vajrayana Buddhism. This discussion opens into a consideration of the ways in which Buddhism and theatre might be seen to be mutually enriching, and to share certain common potentials as vehicles for cultivation.
{"title":"Adapting the Dharma: Buddhism and Contemporary Theatre Training","authors":"Deborah Middleton, Daniel Plá","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1683670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1683670","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we explore two examples of Western theatre practice which draw directly on Buddhist monastic dance. Examining Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s Mudra Space Awareness alongside Mexican theatre director Nicolas Nunez’s Citlalmina allows us to consider the ways in which aspects of Buddhism might be conveyed within performative form, and to consider these practices as translations from Vajrayana Buddhism. This discussion opens into a consideration of the ways in which Buddhism and theatre might be seen to be mutually enriching, and to share certain common potentials as vehicles for cultivation.","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"113-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45967325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seeing Like the Buddha: Enlightenment through Film, by Francesca Cho","authors":"Ron Green","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1476862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1476862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"33-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43812912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educating Monks: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border, by Thomas A. Borchert","authors":"Zhengyi Ma","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1476868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1476868","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"29-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48347806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, by Erik Braun","authors":"Michael W. Charney","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1476860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1476860","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"21-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43903403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article explores the salience of Edward Said's characterization of European Orientalists to contemporary Chinese academics working on Tibetan Buddhism. While Said's work has been criticized for selective citations and for focusing on work that is long out of date, Orientalist tropes are pervasive in current tibetological work published in China, including articles in purportedly scholarly journals. This work is closely connected with government propaganda, and it is often explicitly directed by members of the government to further agendas of suppression. Equally importantly, the article examines the ways in which Tibetans are presented with a version of their religion that bears little or no resemblance to how they traditionally have understood it; but it is also an image that Tibetans are increasingly being coerced to endorse.
{"title":"Tibet and China’s Orientalists: Knowledge, Power, and the Construction of Minority Identity","authors":"Jo Marie Powers","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1475934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1475934","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the salience of Edward Said's characterization of European Orientalists to contemporary Chinese academics working on Tibetan Buddhism. While Said's work has been criticized for selective citations and for focusing on work that is long out of date, Orientalist tropes are pervasive in current tibetological work published in China, including articles in purportedly scholarly journals. This work is closely connected with government propaganda, and it is often explicitly directed by members of the government to further agendas of suppression. Equally importantly, the article examines the ways in which Tibetans are presented with a version of their religion that bears little or no resemblance to how they traditionally have understood it; but it is also an image that Tibetans are increasingly being coerced to endorse.","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48350020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts, by Scott Mitchell","authors":"Funie Hsu","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1476864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1476864","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Buddhism","volume":"19 1","pages":"25-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42444004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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