Blue Jean Buddha
Author: Sumi D. Loundon
Translator: Jin-sook Im
Publisher: Haebaragi
287 pages
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About This Book
Voices of Young Buddhists
Buddhism isn't just for baby boomers anymore. As the spiritual marketplace
continues to broaden in North America, Buddhism is emerging as a popular
religious alternative among the young. Sumi Loundon, a practicing Buddhist and
graduate student at Harvard Divinity School, has gathered a group of Generation
X-ers and even younger Generation Y-ers around a virtual campfire to swap
stories about what it means to be Buddhist. These are more than just your
average tales of pious conversion or blissful living. Loundon's cadres find the
relevance of Buddhism atop a sheer cliff face; in the throbbing heart of New
York City; strung out on crack; in relationships good and bad; in tragic
accidents; and in social activism. Some are monks, others punks; some meditate,
others chant; some teach the dharma, others just live it. In this group,
Buddhism is neither exotic nor a panacea. For many, it is a feeling of coming
home and a proven method of coping while remaining open to the vicissitudes of
life. Anyone who has felt the pull of Buddhism--the compelling arguments of its
philosophy or the quiet expansiveness of it practices--will quickly identify
with the personal experiences in this collection. Like Douglas Coupland's
Generation X, Blue Jean Buddha could well become a book that defines and binds a
group growing in self-awareness. --Brian Bruya
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