Beacons of Dharma

Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age
Herausgeber: Miller, Christopher Patrick; Long, Jeffery D.; Reading, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

Beacons of Dharma explores the inspirational life legacies and teachings of exemplary leaders from the Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh religious traditions. This book also insightfully connects each 'beacon' of focus to contemporary global issues of ecology, social justice, and the need for dedicated humanitarian service.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 697g
• ISBN-13: 9781498564847
• ISBN-10: 1498564844
• Artikelnr.: 57750332

Autorenporträt

Jeffery D. Long is professor of religion and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College and author of A Vision for Hinduism, Jainism: An Introduction and the Historical Dictionary of Hinduism. Christopher Patrick Miller is the Bhagwan Mallinath assistant professor of Jainism and yoga studies at Loyola Marymount University. Michael Reading is PhD candidate in comparative theology and philosophy at Claremont School of Theology, and an adjunct instructor of religious studies at Mt. St. Mary's University, Los Angeles

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Michael Reading and Christopher Patrick Miller
Service, Compassion and Humanitarianism
"Tai Maharaj, Rebel with a Cause: Acharya Chandanaji's Life of Compassion
in Action" by Anne Vallely"Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita: Beacons
of Dharma for India and the West" by Jeffery D. Long"Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahansa and the Flavors of Bhakti" by Rita Sherma "Swami
Jyotirmayananda's Integral Yoga: Methods Towards Service to Humanity and
Enlightenment" by Priyanka Ramlakhan"Amma: Global Mother - Embracing the
World with Compassionate Darshan" by Sreedevi Bringi"The North American
Legacy of the Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi" by Suzanne Schier-Happell
Ecology and Environmental Activism
"Eremitic Engagement: The Religious Body Politic of Chatral Sangye Dorji
Rinpoche" by Westin Harris"Sri Acharya Tulsi, Anuvrat, and Eco-conscious
Living" by Michael Reading"Paramahansa Yogananda's World Brotherhood
Colonies: Models for Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible
Living" by Christopher Patrick Miller"Dharma and the Promise of Sustainable
Eco-systems: Vandana Shiva's Innovative Interpretation of Gandhi's
Principle of Swadeshi" by Veena Howard
Peace, Knowledge and Social Justice
"Opening the Heart in Anti-racism Activism: Pema Chodron and the Lojong
Teachings" by Judith Simmer-Brown "Bhai Vir Singh: Local Sikh Poet, Global
Resource" by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh"Sri Chinmoy's Vision of Peace" by
Kusumita P. Pedersen"Beacons of Dharma from the Biquini zhuan" by Tanya
Storch"Singing Dharam: Transmission of Knowledge in the Sikh Sonic Path" by
Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker and Francesca Cassio.
Conclusion by Jeffery D. Long
About the Contributors