Contents

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Todd Lewis

Part I Buddhists in the Earliest and Medieval Eras 11 1 The Female Householder Mallika 13 Kristin Scheible 2 Bhadda Kundalakesa: The Ex-Jain 21 Alice Collett 3 TwoNotedHouseholdersoftheBuddha’sTime:Upasika Vishakha and Upasaka Anathapindika 29 Todd Lewis 4Nagarjuna:TheGreatPhilosopher 39 Joseph Walser 5WhoIsUncleDonpa? 52 David J. Cooper COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL 6 Ma-chig Lab-dron: Mother of Tibetan Buddhist Chod 62 Michelle J. Sorensen

Part II Buddhist Lives in the West 71 7 I.B. Horner and the Twentieth-Century Development of Buddhism in the West 73 Grace G. Burford 8 Takyu: A Young Buddhist Nun at a Ch’an Temple in the English Midlands 80 George D. Chryssides 9 Refuge and Reconnection: One Lao Woman’s Story 87 Stewart Jobrack vi Contents

10 Conversion, Devotion, and (Trans-)Mission: Understanding Ole Nydahl 96 Burkhard Scherer 11 Noah Levine: Punk Rocker and Buddhist Meditation Teacher 107 Brooke Schedneck 12 Legendary Beat Poet: Allen Ginsberg 115 Tony Trigilio 13 Dr. Stephen John Fulder: Founder of Vipassana in Israel 124 Joseph Loss 14 Amala Sensei: Zen Priest 133 Sally McAra

Part III Buddhist Lives in South and Southeast Asia 145 15 Pawinee Bunkhun: The Life of a Thai Buddhist Upasika 147 Rachelle M. Scott 16 Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma 157 Bradley S. Clough 17 Corporal Monk: Venerable Sudinna’s Journey from the Sri Lankan Army to the Buddhist Sangha 165 Daniel W. Kent 18 The Lure of Renunciation and the Ways of the World: Maechii Wabi of Thailand 172 Sid Brown 19 Becoming a Theravada Modernist Buddhist in Contemporary Nepal 179 Lauren Leve

Part IV Buddhist Lives in the Himalayan Region 191 20 Tenpe Gyaltsen: The Fifth Jamyang Zhepa 193 Paul K. Nietupski 21 A Female Tibetan Buddhist Diviner in Darjeeling 201 Tanya M. Zivkovic 22 Tsultrim Zangmo: A Twenty-First-Century Tibetan Buddhist Woman in South Asia 209 TsultrimZangmoandMichelleJ.Sorensen 23 Bakula Arhat’s Journeys to the North: The Life and Work of the 19th Kushok Bakula in Russia and Mongolia 218 Vesna A. Wallace 24 Hunger, Hard Work, and Uncertainty: Tashi Dondrup Reminisces on Life and Death in a Tibetan Village 228 Geoff Childs 25 Benefiting the Doctrine and Sentient Beings: The Life of a Tibetan Lineage Master and the Ethos of Altruistic Action 236 Nicolas Sihlé 26 Living Practical Dharma: Chomo Khandru and the Himalayan Bon Tradition 246 Sara Shneiderman Contents vii

27 Excavating the Stories of Border-Crossing Women Masters in Modern Buddhism: The Oral Biography of Pelling Ani Wangdzin and Her Family 257 Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa Part V Buddhist Lives in East Asia 265 28 The Life of a Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Priest: Protecting the Dharma and EnsuringItsFlowwithAllofOne’sStrength 267 Naoyuki Ogi 29 Toshihide Numata: Igniting the Flame of the Dharma 274 Naoyuki Ogi 30 Seno’o Giro: The Life and Thought of a Radical Buddhist 280 James Mark Shields 31 Building a Culture of Social Engagement: Nichiren Buddhism and Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Japan 289 Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen 32 Blood and Teardrops: The Life and Travels of Venerable Fazun 296 Brenton Sullivan 33 A Modern Chinese Laywoman: Dumplings, Dharani, and Dedication–Honest Auntie Li Tries to Be a Good Buddhist 305 Alison Denton Jones Index 317

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