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Waking the Buddha: How the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History Is Changing Our Concept of Religion
Written by Clark Strand
Narrated by Mel Foster
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Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep?
Waking the Buddha tells the story of the Soka Gakkai International, the largest, most dynamic Buddhist movement in the world today-and one that is waking up and shaking up Buddhism so it can truly work in ordinary people's lives. Drawing on his long personal experience as a Buddhist teacher, journalist, and editor, Clark Strand offers broad insight into how and why the Soka Gakkai, with its commitment to social justice and its egalitarian approach, has become a role model, not only for other schools of Buddhism but for other religions as well.
Waking the Buddha tells the story of the Soka Gakkai International, the largest, most dynamic Buddhist movement in the world today-and one that is waking up and shaking up Buddhism so it can truly work in ordinary people's lives. Drawing on his long personal experience as a Buddhist teacher, journalist, and editor, Clark Strand offers broad insight into how and why the Soka Gakkai, with its commitment to social justice and its egalitarian approach, has become a role model, not only for other schools of Buddhism but for other religions as well.
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Clark Strand
Clark Strand is a former Zen Buddhist monk and contributing editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. The author of Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey, he currently leads the Koans of the Bible Study Group in Woodstock, New York.
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Reviews for Waking the Buddha
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Clark Strand provides an objective overview of Japanese Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai. It is an excellent source of third-party views about Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am starting to explore participating in the Soka Gakkai, and this gave a good quick introduction.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I DNF this one.
I found it difficult to read and to follow. I got to about half and then gave up