Seeding Buddhism with multiculturalism : the transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto /

Seeding Buddhism with multiculturalism : the transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto / D. Mitra Barua.

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"Focusing on Sri Lankan Buddhists in Toronto, D. Mitra Barua argues that the Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition, not despite but because of the cultural adaptations to the Canadian context, has maintained its coherence and integrity. Sri Lankan Buddhists have succeeded in transmitting Buddhist belie...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Barua, D. Mitra, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Series:Advancing studies in religion ; 5.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Ontario > Toronto.
Buddhism > Sri Lanka > Colombo.
Buddhists > Ontario > Toronto.
Sri Lankans > Ontario > Toronto > Religion.
Sri Lankans > Ontario > Toronto > Ethnic identity.
Immigrants > Ontario > Toronto.
Multiculturalism > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Intergenerational communication > Ontario > Toronto.
Buddhism.
Buddhists.
Immigrants.
Intergenerational communication.
Religion.
Toronto (Ont.) > Religion.
Ontario > Toronto.
Sri Lanka > Colombo.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : studying the intercultural and intergenerational transmission of Buddhism
  • Community formation of the Sri Lankan Buddhists in Toronto
  • Dhamma education and the historical construction of Buddhist identities
  • An inclusive and harmonious Buddhism : A Buddhist response to multiculturalism in Canada
  • The intergenerational and intercultural negotiation of Buddhism
  • Growing up as Sri Lankan Canadian Buddhists in Toronto
  • Conclusion : making sense of the reconfigured Buddhism in Toronto.

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