Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Conventions vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Illustrations xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Buddhist Globalism and the Search for Canadian Buddhism 25
8. Taking Root
9. Flying Sparks: Dissension Among the Early Shin Buddhists in Canada 55
10. For the Benefit of Many: S.N. Goenka’s Vipassana Meditation Movement in Canada 79
11. Sitavana: The Theravada Forest Tradition in British Columbia 101
12. Making a Traditional Buddhist Monastery on Richmond’s Highway to Heaven 129
13. Dharma on the Move: Vancouver Buddhist Communities and Multiculturalism 150
14. Buddhist Monasticism in Canada: Sex and Celibacy 173
15. Communicating the Buddhadharma
16. Teaching Buddhism to Children: The Evolving Sri Lankan Buddhist Tradition in Multicultural Toronto 201
17. Reflections on a Canadian Buddhist Death Ritual 225
18. Buddhist Prison Outreach in Canada: Legitimating a Minority Faith 245
19. Correspondence School: Canada, Fluxus, and Zen 267
20. Shaping Images of Tibet: Negotiating the Diaspora Through Ritual, Art, and Film 287
21. Buddhist Lives
22. Dhammadinna and Jayantā: Daughters of the Buddha in Canada 313
23. Thầy Phổ Tịnh: A Vietnamese Nun’s Struggles in Canada 333
24. Leslie Kawamura: Nothing to Add, Nothing to Take Away 355
25. Bibliography 385
26. Contributors 421
27. Index 427