Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings

Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781040203521
ISBN-13 : 1040203523
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Book Synopsis Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings by : Hugh Schuckman

Download or read book Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings written by Hugh Schuckman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides insights into new developments and persistent traditions in Zen teacher training and education through the use of historical archival research and original interviews with living Zen Masters. It argues that some contemporary Euro-American social values of gender equality, non-discrimination, rationality, ecumenicism and democracy permeate not only the organizational aspects of the Kwan Um School of Zen case study, but soteriological processes and goals of the training more widely. Each chapter showcases the ways important facets of Zen education—from meditation to curriculum development to school management — have absorbed Euro-American cultural and social ideals in both community and educational practices. Giving dedicated scholarly attention and conceptualising new adaptations in transnational Zen communities, it constitutes an important and timely addition to the literature and will appeal to researchers and scholars of religion and education, Asian pedagogies, contemporary Buddhism, transnational Zen, and Zen education.


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