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2 Index Aboriginal Australians: links to see indigenous Australians Aitken, Robert 24, 28, 124, 125 America see : in America Arkell, Frank 76-8 Atisha Centre Australia: decline in institutionalized religion 9; land use planning 88-9; national identity 5, 6, 13-14; relations with Asia 4-5, 15; religious diversity 8 Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists 128 Australian Sangha Association 165 Avalokiteshvara 154, 155.S Batchelor, Martine 31 Batchelor, Stephen 23, 31, 32 Baumann, Martin 3, 10, 23, 43, 45 Beaches sangha 31 Bendigo ; Chinese influences 69 Bluegum Sangha 30, 31 Bodhi Farm 27 Bodhi Lea/28, 29 Bodhinyana Monastery 15 bodhisattvas see Green Tara; Avalokiteshvara Bonnyrigg 92 Bouma, Gary 8, 9 Bourdieu, Pierre 6, 65 Brahmavamso, Ajahn 15, 70 Brazil see Zen : in Brazil Britain see : in Britain Buddha 31, 32, 33, 111, 155, 162, 164 Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Apwe 107 Buddhaghosa 32 BuddhaNet 9 : in America, 3, 33; in Britain, 25, 33; in Europe, 3; in Germany, 45 ; in Ireland, 3 in Australia: demographics 1, 7, 8, 45 ; effect of distance from lineage origins 120; effect of government regulations 4-7, 13, 63, 67, 76-7, 93, 135, ; growth of organizations 7; history 2-3, 38, 136; localization 11 ; perceptions of 1, 70; plurality of traditions 3, 7 Buddhist chaplains Buddhist Council of Brisbane 3 Buddhist Council of Victoria Buddhist Education Program 159 Buddhist Library and Meditation Centre 24, 30, 127 Bunbury Buddhist Interest Group 144 Burmese Cabramatta 92 Cambodian : demographics in Australia 97, 100 Cambodian Buddhist Association of Victoria 97 Cambodian Temple of Victoria 97 celibacy 164, 165 Chenrezig Institute 149 Chinese 24, 78 Christianity: links with 81, 155; opposition to 78-80, Clinical Pastoral Education 154, 155 compassion 56 conversion: reasons for 8, 163 convert 7, 9, 11, 27, 38, 144 Coote, Gillian 127 counselling 146 Courtin, Venerable Robina Croucher, Paul 2, 7, 149 cultural capital 63-6, 68-71, 80-3 Dalai Lama 1,64,65-6, 166 Dawson, Geoff 127 democratization 11, 12, 30, 31, 116, 132

3 Index demographics 7, 135, 138 Dharma Education Association 9 DharmaCloud 27 Dharmananda 27 Diamond Sangha 26, 42, 124; see also Sydney Zen Centre Dogen, Eihei 39 Drogmi Retreat Centre 53 ecology: links with 14 ecumenicism 3, 7, 45, 156, ; in Cambodian 98 Edith Cowan University 143, 144 education, school programs on 159 Engaged 11, 12-13; programs 43, 102, 145-6, 160; retreats 126-7; scriptural origins 151 equality of women 12; Bodhinyana Monastery 15; Green Tara practice 49-58; Jikishoan 45; need for research 124-5; Soka Gakkai International ; United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation 138; Wat Buddha Dharnma 28-9, 31 ; Western Buddhist Order ; see also ordination of women ethnic 11, 27, 87-8, , 108 ethnic identity 27, see also ethnic Fairfield 86, Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils Feldman, Christina 24, 27 feminism, effect on practice 54; theory and research 50-2; see also equality of women fengshui 78 Flinders University 153, 156 Fo Kuang Shan see Nan Tien Temple Forest Meditation Centre 27 Foucault, Michel, 51 Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition 3, 14, 63-71, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (Triratna Buddhist Community) 25, 26, Gaia House 24 Gelugpa see Dalai Lama; Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition geomancy 78, 83 Germany see : in Germany Glassman, Bernard 43 globalization: flow of ideas 3, 4, 8, 14 Goenka, S. N, 29, 33 Golden Wattle sangha 31 Goldstein, Joseph 24, 27, 28 Great Stupa of Universal Compassion see stupas Green Tara 49-58; initiations 53 Green, Ian 65, 68 Gunesekera, Mohini 157 Hage, Ghassan 6, 64, 66-8 heritage sites 88 homosexuality 164 Houtman, G HsingYun, Grand Master 74, 77-8,81 Ikeda, Daisaku 3, 114 Immigrant see Ethnic immigration: attitudes to 66-8; Australian history 2, 4, 96; effect of religious diversity 8; settlement issues 99, indigenous Australians: links to 14, insight meditation 26,32, 33, Insight Meditation Society 24 Insight Teachers' Circle of Australia 24, 30 International Buddhist Association see Fo Kuang Shan internet, effect of 4, 9 Ireland see : in Ireland Japan, Australian perceptions of 4; see also Japanese Japanese : marriage ceremony 158; see also Nichiren ; Zen Jaya Mangala Gatha Sutra 158 Jikishoan 36, 44-5; history 37-9; organizational structure 40-2 Kagyu 53 Khantipalo, Phra 27, 28, 29, 30 Khema, Ayya 27, 28 Khmer Buddhist Centre of Victoria 97 koans 44, 125, 129 Korematsu, Ekai 36, 40, 42, 44-5; biography 37-9

4 Index Kornfield, Jack 24 Kramer, Gregory 33 laicization 11, 24-6, 107, 108, , , 132; see also monasticism land use: in Sydney Liberation Prison Project Localization: processes 10.S Mahamakut Foundation 3 Mangala Sutra 158 marriage celebrants 159 marriage ceremony 158 media: effects of 1,5, 66, 151 ; see also internet meditation 109, 126; attitudes to 41-2; see also koans modernity 10, 23, 57, 107 monasticism 163, 164, 165, localization 24-6, 33 ; role of 24; Wat Buddha Dhamma 29; Western Buddhist Order 121 ; see also laicization multiculturalism 5,6, 7, 63-71, 74-84, 86, 113 Nan Tien Temple 63, 71, 83-4; and Orientalism 81-2; geomancy 77-8; history 74-7; opposition to N anavira Thera 31 Narasaki Roshi, Ikko 37 New Age spiritualities: and 8, 9, 151 New South Wales: Buddhist demographics 87 New Zealand 120-1, 136, 137 Nguyen Thieu temple 90 Nhat Hanh, Thich 27,28 Nichiren see Soka Gakkai International Numrich, Paul David 27, 30 Okumura, Shohaku 40 Open Way Zen 44 Ordinary Mind School of Zen 127 ordination of women 15,29, , 166 organizational structures see democratization orientalism 78, 82 palliative care 160 Pannyavaro, Venerable 9 parallel congregations 27, 29, 30 patriarchy see equality of women 169 Phap Bao Pagoda 136 Pho Quang Pagoda 136 Phuoc Hue Temple 135 Phuoc Hue, Most Venerable Thich 65, 136 postmodernity 23 Prebish, Charles S. 10 Protestant 45 psychology 13, 126-8, 132, psychotherapy 13, 110, 126-8, 132, Quang Ba, Venerable Thich 12, 90-1, 136, 137 racism: towards Buddhists 4-7, 63, 76, 81, 83,91 Rajsilaporn, Phra 3 refugees 3, 4,95-103, 134, 135, 138 religion: and gender in Australia 51 ; changing demographics 9; effect of culture retreats see sesshins Rinzai Zen 41 ; see also Diamond Sangha rituals see Green Tara; sesshins Rivendell, Julie 64, 68 Said, Edward 82 Sakya Tharpa Ling 53 Sakya Trizin 65 Salzberg, Sharon 24 San Francisco Zen Centre 37, 38, 45 Sangha: changing role see democratization; laicization; monasticism Sangharakshita 119, 120, 121, 122 Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha 31 Satipatthana Sutra 33 Sayadaw, Mahasi 26, 29, 33, second generation 13, , 138, 155 secularization 3, 11, 23, 31 sesshins 40, 44, sexuality 165 Shantideva 165 Shogoji 37 Siff, Jason 33 Siggala Vada Sutra 158 Singer, Milton 40 social capital 63-6, Socially Engaged see Engaged Soka Gakkai International 3; see also Soka Gakkai International Australia Soka Gakkai International Australia

5 170 Index Sophia College Soto Zen 124, 129; in Australia ; in Japan 37, 39 Spirit Rock 24 Spuler, Michelle 2-3, 11, 42, 45 Sri Lankan 23 stupas sutras: as basis of beliefs 31-3 Suzuki Roshi, Shunryu 36, 38 Sydney, 30, 86-93; Buddhist demographics 86, 91 Sydney Insight Meditators 31 Sydney Zen Centre, symbols: and women, 51, 55 Taiwanese see Fo Kuang Shan Tara Dhatu 53 Tarrant, John 124 team-based right livelihood 120 Thai 3, 15; see also Mahamakut Foundation; Thai Forest Tradition Thai Forest Tradition 88 Thang Ngo, Councillor Thubten, Lama Yeshe 3, 148 Thubten, Lama Zopa 3 64, 148, 149 Tibetan see Dalai Lama; Foundation for the PresenTation of the Mahayana Tradition Tibetan Buddhist Society 53 Titmuss, Christopher 24, 27 Tortoise Mountain Sangha 31 tourism see cultural capital tradition: in opposition to modernity 10 Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Sahayak Gana 122 Triratna Buddhist Community see Friends of the Western Buddhist Order Triratna Buddhist Order see Western Buddhist Order Tweed, Thomas A. 70 tyranny of distance 4 United States of America see : in America United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation 66, urban design see land use Vajrayana Institute 53 Van Hanh Monastery l36 vegetarianism 164 Victoria: Buddhist organizations in 7 Vietnamese Buddhist Federation of Australia 136 Vietnamese Lay Buddhist Association 136 Vinaya 158 vipassana see insight meditation Viradharnmo Ajahn, 29 Wat Buddha Dharnma 24, 27-9, 31 Wat Buddharangsi 88, 97, 101 Wat Dharnmaram 97 Wat Khmer Melbourne 97 Wat Pah Pong 15 Wat Prayortkeo 92 welfare services see immigration; Engaged West: in opposition to East 82 Western : issues in terminology 10 Western Buddhist Order (Triratna Buddhist Order) 26, White Australia Policy, 3, 4, 96 Wollongong 76-8, 83-4; and Orientalism 81-2; Buddhist demograqphics 75; Christianity in World Conference on Religions for Peace 159 Zen : in America 41, 45 ; in Brazil 4, 38; in Europe 45 Zen Peacemaker Order 43

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