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Beacons of Dharma explores the inspirational life legacies and teachings of exemplary leaders from the Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh religious traditions. This book also insightfully connects each 'beacon' of focus to contemporary global issues of ecology, social justice, and the need for dedicated humanitarian service.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Michael Reading and Christopher Patrick Miller
I.Service, Compassion and Humanitarianism
1."Tai Maharaj, Rebel with a Cause: Acharya Chandanaji's Life of Compassion in Action" by Anne Vallely
2."Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita: Beacons of Dharma for India and the West" by Jeffery D. Long
3."Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the Flavors of Bhakti" by Rita Sherma
4. "Swami Jyotirmayananda's Integral Yoga: Methods Towards Service to Humanity and Enlightenment" by Priyanka Ramlakhan
5."Amma: Global Mother - Embracing the World with Compassionate Darshan" by Sreedevi Bringi
6."The North American Legacy of the Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi" by Suzanne Schier-Happell
II.Ecology and Environmental Activism
7. "Eremitic Engagement: The Religious Body Politic of Chatral Sangye Dorji Rinpoche" by Westin Harris
8."Sri Acharya Tulsi, Anuvrat, and Eco-conscious Living" by Michael Reading
9."Paramahansa Yogananda's World Brotherhood Colonies: Models for Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible Living" by Christopher Patrick Miller
10."Dharma and the Promise of Sustainable Eco-systems: Vandana Shiva's Innovative Interpretation of Gandhi's Principle of Swadeshi" by Veena Howard
III.Peace, Knowledge and Social Justice
11."Opening the Heart in Anti-racism Activism: Pema Chodron and the Lojong Teachings" by Judith Simmer-Brown
12. "Bhai Vir Singh: Local Sikh Poet, Global Resource" by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
13."Sri Chinmoy's Vision of Peace" by Kusumita P. Pedersen
14."Beacons of Dharma from the Biquini zhuan" by Tanya Storch
15."Singing Dharam: Transmission of Knowledge in the Sikh Sonic Path" by Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker and Francesca Cassio.
Conclusion by Jeffery D. Long
About the Contributors
About the author
Jeffery D. Long is professor ofrReligion and Asian dtudies at Elizabethtown College and author of A Vision for Hinduism, Jainism: An Introduction and the Historical Dictionary of Hinduism.
Christopher Patrick Miller is clinical professor of yoga studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU).
Michael Reading is PhD candidate in comparative theology and philosophy at the Claremont School of Theology.
Summary
Beacons of Dharma explores the inspirational life legacies and teachings of exemplary leaders from the Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh religious traditions. This book also insightfully connects each ‘beacon’ of focus to contemporary global issues of ecology, social justice, and the need for dedicated humanitarian service.
