American Buddhism as a Way of Life

Contents

Contents Foreword xi Thomas A. Tweed Introduction: American Buddhism as a Way of Life 1 Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge Part I. Buddha: The Teacher as Immigrant 1. The Authenticity of Alan Watts 13 David L. Smith 2. D. T. Suzuki, “Suzuki Zen,” and the American Reception 39 of Zen Buddhism Carl T. Jackson 3. My Lunch with Mihoko 57 Ellen Pearlman Part II. Dharma: Doctrine, Belief, and Practice in America 4. What Can Buddhist No-Self Contribute to North American Bioethics? 69 Michael C. Brannigan 5. A Contemporary North American Buddhist Discussion of Abortion 83 Rita M. Gross 6. Touched by Suffering: American Pragmatism and Engaged Buddhism 101 Judy D. Whipps viii Contents 7. Identity Theft: Simulating Nirvana in Postmodern America 125 John Kitterman Part III. Sangha: Who Is an American Buddhist? 8. Family Life and Spiritual Kinship in American Buddhist Communities 151 Charles S. Prebish 9. Buddha Loves Me This I Know: Nisei Buddhists in Christian America, 1889–1942 167 Lori Pierce 10. Analogue Consciousness Isn’t Just for Faeries: Healing the Disjunction between Theory and Practice 183 Roger Corless 11. “A Dharma of Place”: Evolving Aesthetics and Cultivating Community in an American Zen Garden 195 Jeff Wilson List of Contributors 209 Index 213 ...