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Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists
Author Kornfield, Jack (前言) ; Loundon, Sumi (編)=蘇密‧隆敦 (ed.)
Date2001.10
Pages232
PublisherWisdom Publications
Publisher Url http://www.wisdompubs.org/
LocationBoston, MA, US [波士頓, 麻薩諸塞州, 美國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note1. Rev. Sumi Loundon Kim is the Buddhist chaplain at Duke University and minister for the Buddhist Families of Durham. She has published two anthologies, Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists and The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists. Following a master's degree in Buddhist studies and Sanskrit from the Harvard Divinity School, she was the associate director for the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Barre, Massachusetts. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and two children.

2. Jack Kornfield co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1975 and later the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology. His books include After the Ecstasy, the Laundry and the national bestseller A Path with Heart.
AbstractIn an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to mind a a favorite band, what does Buddhism mean to twenty-somethings?

Blue Jean Buddha offers real stories about young Buddhists in their own words that affirm and inform the young adult Buddhist experience. This one-of-a-kind book is about the experiences of young people in America-from their late teens to early thirties-who have embraced Buddhism. Thirty-three first-person narratives reflect on a broad range of life-stories, lessons, and livelihood issues, such as growing up in a Zen center, struggling with relationships, caring for the dying, and using marathon running as meditation. Throughout, up-and-coming author Sumi Loundon provides an illuminating context for the tremendous variety of experiences shared in the book.

Blue Jean Buddha was named a finalist in the 2002 Independent Publisher Book Awards (Multicultural Non-Fiction - Young Adult) as well in NAPRA's Nautilus Awards, in the Personal Journey/Memoir/Biography category.
Table of contentsPART I. LESSONS
Introduction
Lillian Guild: The Perfect Buddhist Boyfriend
Paul W. Morris: The Backward Step
Ben Galand: Climbing with Tara
David Zuniga: Running as Meditation
Cameron WArner: Dream a Better Dream
Jessica Morey: Ordinary Awakening
Claudia Heiman: Winning over Depression
Hanuman Goleman: I'm a Mutt
Sister Kristine: Life as a Vietnamese Nun
Kenneth Lee: Drugs and the Dharma
Jonathan Drummey: Getting Off the Cushion
Liane C. Yasumoto: A Way of Life
Julia Hengst: Going for the Guru
PART II. LIFE STORIES
Introduction
Joshua M. Schrei: Growing Up with the Dharma Bums
Elijah Ary: Bridging East and West
Jae-ho Lee: Extreme Care
Noah Levine: A Dharma Punx Path
Hojo Tone: In My Father's Footsteps
V. Sharif Fennell: My Mom's a Buddha
PART III. LIVELIHOOD
Introduction
Seth Castleman: If a Nice Fewish Boy Sits in a Cave, Does He Make a Difference?
Hwansoo Kim: Caught in Indra's Net
Amy Darling: Halted Breath
Meggan Watterson: A Small Step from the Lotus
Soren Gordhamer: Juvenile Hall Dharma
Josh Krieger: Do Androids Dream of Electric Dharma?
Adrienne Stauffer: Freeing Tibet, Freeing Myself
Diane Biray Gregorio: A Flash of Lightning: Inner Revolution and Social Transformation
Diana Winston: Socially Engaged Buddhism Inside-Out
PART IV. REFLECTIONS
ISBN0861711777 (pbk); 9780861711772 (pbk)
Related reviews
  1. Book Review: Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists by Sumi D. Loundon / Thompson, John M. (評論)
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