VV.AA. (2023). Buddhist studies in Latin America and Spain (volume I). Jaume Vallverdú & Daniel Millet (Eds.). Tarragona: Publicacions Universitat Rovira i Virgili & Dharma-Gaia Foundation, 304 pages.
Last December 2023, the first volume of Buddhist studies in Latin America and Spain. This collective work, published by Jaume Vallverdú Vallverdú and Daniel Millet Gil, and co-published by Publications of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Dharma-Gaia Foundation, is a milestone in the study of Buddhism in the Spanish language. Its objective is to illuminate recent advances in the field of Buddhist studies in the Spanish-speaking academic environment, promoting, in turn, its development and international projection. This two-volume publication, the product of a fruitful collaboration between Rovira i Virgili University and the Dharma-Gaia Foundation, provides an interdisciplinary vision of Buddhism in these contexts. The two volumes explore this tradition from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, philosophy, Buddhist studies, psychology, art, and interreligious dialogue. This variety of approaches provides a broad and diverse picture of the presence of Buddhism in Spanish-speaking societies.
Below you will find the indexes of the two volumes:
Buddhist studies in Latin America and Spain (VOL. I)
Introduction. The situation of Buddhist studies at university and academic levels in Latin America and Spain. Daniel Millet Gil and Jaume Vallverdú Vallverdú
First Part: Doctrinal Studies and Buddhist Traditions
El Sūtra from Mahāmāyūrī: synthesis and creativity in apotropaic Buddhist traditions. Roberto E. Garcia Fernandez
The Kyoto School and Buddhism. Raquel Bouso Garcia
The three paths of liberation in ancient Tibetan Buddhism and in their continuity today. Elías M. Capriles Arias
The Buddha of the Middle Way. Abraham Vélez de Cea
Second part: Situation of Buddhism and Buddhist studies in Spain and Latin America
The situation of Buddhist studies in Spain: educational programs. Juan Arnau Navarro, Montse Castellà Olivé, Francisco Díez de Velasco, Ricardo Guerrero Diáñez, Basili Llorca Martínez, Daniel Millet Gil, Agustín Pániker Vilaplana, Aleix Ruiz Falqués, Jaume Vallverdú and Abraham Vélez de Cea
Buddhist studies in Argentina: origins and current contexts of Dharma transmission. Cato Eduardo Carini and Belén Azarola
Anthropology of Buddhism in Latin America. Present and future of an emerging field of study in Mexico. Ezer Roboam May May
Buddhism in Cuba: Historical Background, Current Developments and Future Challenges. Douglas Calvo Gaínza
Third part: Anthropological, Sociological and Psychological Studies
Eating practices, commensality and ritual in Argentinian Buddhism: an ethnographic study. Cato Eduardo Carini
Symbolisms of transformation in Tantric Buddhism. Jaume Vallverdú Vallverdú
The Buddhist Mind. A brief journey through the psychological study of Buddhist practice. Ismael Apud Peláez
Buddhists, their values and practices, in Spanish-speaking countries. A sociological exploration. José Antonio Rodríguez Díaz
Fourth part: Miscellaneous (Buddhism and Ecology, Buddhism and Women)
Ganying and the experience of vegetarianism in Chinese Buddhism. María Elvira Ríos Peñafiel
Interdependence and Virtues: Environmental Ethics from Buddhism. Katherine V. Massis-Iverson
“Where am I located?” : The presence of women in Southern Buddhism. Belén Azarolae
Buddhist studies in Latin America and Spain (VOL. II)
Introduction. The situation of Buddhist studies at university and academic levels in Latin America and Spain.Jaume Vallverdú Vallverdú and Daniel Millet Gil
First Part: Doctrinal Studies and Buddhist Traditions
Zen Buddhism in Hagakure. Gustavo Pita Céspedes
The Pagan Circle: First Letters of Theravada Scholasticism in Medieval Burma. Aleix Ruiz Falques
Religious conversion to Buddhism in Latin America: Initial motivations for membership in the Soka Gakkai in Cuba. Girardo Rodriguez Plasencia
Contributions to the study of the theosophical imaginary in Spain: the denomination and conceptualization of Bud ((d) h) ism. Francisco Díez de Velasco
Second part: Situation of Buddhism and Buddhist studies in Latin America
Traces of institutionalized Buddhism in Latin America. Frank Usarski
Seeds and Sprouts: A Brief Genealogy of Buddhism in Peru. Manuel Ato del Avellanal Carrera
Buddhism in Colombia: Origins, Practice and Dissemination. Daniela Mesa Sanchez
Part Three: Philosophical, Literary and Psychoanalytic Studies
Buddhism and Philosophy: Encounters between Western Philosophy and Buddhist Philosophy: Nishitani Keiji. Carlos Barbosa Cepeda
The universe that others call the library: an approach to what Borges read about Buddhism. Sonia Betancort Santos
The flying horse to the rescue of Buddhist authors. From the formation of his archetype in Vedic ideology to the (re) adaptation of his fable into Japanese medieval stories. Efrain Villamor Herrero
The elusive ghost. An essay on the term “meditation” within psychoanalysis. Federico Andino
Fourth part: Miscellaneous (Buddhism and women, interreligious and intercultural dialogue, Buddhism and gender)
Women and Buddhism. Montse Castellà Olivé
Christian Zen: A critical examination of the use of Zen meditation among Catholics. Daniel Millet Gil
Buddhism and the New Paradigms of Inclusion. Sergio Stern Nicolayevsky
Querifying the Wheel of Dharma. Some approaches between Buddhism and homosexuality in Latin America. Hugo Córdova Quero and Cristian Mor Rodríguez
Bibliography of Buddhist studies in Spanish
Bibliography of Buddhist studies in Spanish. References published in Spain by authors of Spanish nationality/residence. Aleix Ruiz Falques
Bibliography of Buddhist studies in Spanish by Spanish-American authors. María Elvira Ríos Peñafiel (coordinator)
Directory of authors
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