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Title: Blue Jean Buddha : Voices of Young Buddhists by Sumi D. Loundon, Jack Kornfield ISBN: 0-86171-177-7 Publisher: Wisdom Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Young American Buddhists
Comment: I'm a young American (20-something) and I am so happy that someone is finally paying attention to my generation of practicing Buddhists! This book is interesting whether you're a young person just discovering Buddhism, or an older person interested in the new spirtiual motivations in youth culture today. I am glad someone finally published a book like this one. I also recommend a gift book written by a 20-something American Buddhist named Taro Gold called "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life." I hope more and more young Buddhist voices will be found in print in the near future.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Blue Jean Buddha" a rare, articulate work
Comment: Sumi Loundon and company's BLUE JEAN BUDDHA is a rarity in several regards. For one thing, Loundon and her writers manage to lucidly articulate many ideas and feelings about culture, pop culture, age, and Buddhism that have previously proven to be precarious ground for authors to tread (this is particularly true of Loundon's first-class analyses throughout the book). For another, it switches gears gracefully--for any book, not just a dharma book--between being a sociological study (pieces like Kenneth Lee's "Drugs and the Dharma" and Thich Nu Pho-Chau's "Life as a Vietnamese Nun" exemplify this); a unique and very broad dialogue on philosophy, cultural ideologies, psychology, service, and peace (Claudia Heiman's "Winning over Depression," Noah Levine's "A Dharma Punx Path," and Adrienne Stauffer's "Freeing Tibet, Freeing Myself"); and very often literary nonfiction (Seth Castleman's "If a Nice Jewish Boy Sits in a Cave, Does He Make a Difference?" and Lillian Guild's "The Perfect Buddhist Boyfriend"). And lastly, its pieces burst with a very special kind of honesty about spiritual pursuits and the many facets of American life that only the spirit of youth could offer (Hanuman Goleman's "I'm a Mutt"). BLUE JEAN BUDDHA is fresh, insightful, and right-on. All of the bull's-eyes it manages to hit combined with its heart and humor make it an engaging read for anyone and an essential volume for any Buddhist's library.
Rating: 4
Summary: Honesty From Spiritual Peers
Comment: This book is a good read for people overwhelmed by religious texts written by spiritual teachers. It is always nice to read what peers and contemporaries have to say on a subject like religion. This is not a book to pick up and read if you want to learn the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy, but it is a wonderfully reassuring book for those looking for a sort of real time guide to how Buddhism fits into everyday life.
The contributors to this book were beautifully honest and allowed the readers into very intimate parts of their lives. That honesty is what keeps the reader involved in the book and steers these essays away from a Chicken Soup For the Soul sort of feel.
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Title: Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies & the Truth About Reality by Brad Warner ISBN: 086171380X Publisher: Wisdom Publications Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens by Diana Winston ISBN: 0399528970 Publisher: Perigee Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens by Franz Metcalf, Monk Song Yoon ISBN: 1569753210 Publisher: Seastone Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition by James William Coleman ISBN: 0195152417 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Dharma Punx: A Memoir by Noah Levine ISBN: 0060008946 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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