
Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings
Pedagogical Insights, the Kwan Um School of Zen, and Transnational Korean Buddhism
- 248 pages
- English
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Principles of Zen Training for Educational Settings
Pedagogical Insights, the Kwan Um School of Zen, and Transnational Korean Buddhism
About this book
This book provides insights into new developments and persistent traditions in Zen teacher training and education through the use of historical archival research and original interviews with living Zen Masters. It argues that some contemporary Euro-American social values of gender equality, non-discrimination, rationality, ecumenicism and democracy permeate not only the organizational aspects of the Kwan Um School of Zen case study, but soteriological processes and goals of the training more widely. Each chapter showcases the ways important facets of Zen education—from meditation to curriculum development to school management — have absorbed Euro-American cultural and social ideals in both community and educational practices. Giving dedicated scholarly attention and conceptualising new adaptations in transnational Zen communities, it constitutes an important and timely addition to the literature and will appeal to researchers and scholars of religion and education, Asian pedagogies, contemporary Buddhism, transnational Zen, and Zen education.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Conventions
- Acknowledgments and Credits
- Introduction
- 1 Transnational Zen Teacher Codes of Conduct
- 2 Traditional Meditation, Global Metaphors
- 3 KUSZ Teacher Certification
- 4 Ecumenical Kong-an Practice
- 5 Scholastic, Not Bookish
- 6 Student-Centered Dharma Talks
- 7 Multicultural Retreat Practice
- 8 TAZ School Management
- 9 Curricular Continuities
- 10 Conclusion: Transnational Zen, Educational and Curricular Potentials
- Appendix A: Interview Schedule and Biographical Sketches of Interviewees
- Works Cited
- Index