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Buddhist Revivalist Movements

Comparing Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement

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Authors:
  1. Alan Robert Lopez

    1. Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  • Compares the most dynamic schools of thought in World Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement
  • Considers the similarities and differences between the two schools
  • Presents new perspectives that have implications for Buddhist studies, comparative religion, and social science studies of religion.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Entering the Mountains and Forests

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 1-11

  3. Streams and Sources, Forests and Mountains

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 13-31

  4. Fish Sauce and Plums: Teaching Tactics

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 33-57

  5. Warriors of the Way: Practice and Path

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 59-84

  6. Awakenings

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 85-111

  7. Lives of the Awakened

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 113-141

  8. Pure Mind: The Fifth Noble Truth

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 143-166

  9. View, Emptiness, Nowness, and Skillful Means

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 167-188

  10. Meeting of the Twain: Revivalism and Modernity

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 189-218

  11. Conclusion

    • Alan Robert Lopez
    Pages 219-231

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 233-240
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About this book

This text provides a comparative investigation of the affinities and differences of two of the most dynamic currents in World Buddhism: Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement. Defying differences in denomination, culture, and historical epochs, these schools revived an unfettered quest for enlightenment and proceeded to independently forge like practices and doctrines. The author examines the teaching gambits and tactics, the methods of practice, the place and story line of teacher biography, and the nature and role of the awakening experience, revealing similar forms deriving from an uncompromising pursuit of awaking, the insistence on self-cultivation, and the preeminent role of the charismatic master. Offering a pertinent review of their encounters with modernism, the book provides a new coherence to these seemingly disparate movements, opening up new avenues for scholars and possibilities for practitioners.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Alan Robert Lopez

About the author

Alan Robert Lopez, Ph.D. was born and raised in New York City. He maintained a psychotherapy private practice in New England for more than twenty years and was a trainer in multi-year training programs for mental health professionals in the USA and Germany. Dr. Lopez has taught Buddhism at several universities in the US and Thailand, and been the Director of the Buddhist Forum, the educational department of the World Buddhist Fellowship. Dr. Lopez has had extensive exposure to Buddhism in each of its primary branches placing him in a unique position to comparatively study its schools and practices.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Buddhist Revivalist Movements

  • Book Subtitle: Comparing Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement

  • Authors: Alan Robert Lopez

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54086-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54349-3Published: 15 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71324-0Published: 28 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54086-7Published: 14 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 240

  • Topics: Buddhism, Non-Western Philosophy, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy of Nature

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