Land of Beautiful Vision: Making a Buddhist Sacred Place in New Zealand 9780824863289

Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Spelling and Transliteration
Introduction
1 .A New Tradition
2. Unplugging from the Grid
3. A Spiritual Home
4. Unsettling Place
5. The Stūpa Is Dhardo
6. Interanimation
7. ‘‘Re-visioning’’ Place
Appendix 1. FWBO Figures
Appendix 2. The Five Precepts
Notes
Glossary
Sources Cited
Index

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