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HUMAN ARCHITECTURE
Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge


Volume VI • Issue 3 • Summer 2008

OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics)

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THICH NHAT HANH'S SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Essays and Commentaries on Engaged Buddhism

Plus Proceedings from the
Panels on "Buddhist Contributions to Social Justice" at the
Fifth International Buddhist Conference on
the United Nations Day of Vesak held in
Hanoi, Vietnam—May 2008

vii—Editor’s Note: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Sociological Imagination
         Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, University of Massachusetts Boston

1— Opening Keynote: Asia’s Thich Nhat Hanh
         Winston Langley, University of Massachusetts Boston


FROM THICH NHAT HANH

3— “Please Call Me By My True Names”
         Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France

7—Spiritual Reflections on War and Peace:
A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh—Peace Forum, March 19, 2003

Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France

15—The Environment is You:
A Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh—Denver, Colorado, August 29, 2007

Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France

21—The Flesh of Our Children:
Two Letters and Five Contemplations on Food from Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France

29—History of Engaged Buddhism:
A Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh—Hanoi, Vietnam, May 6-7, 2008

Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village, France


ENGAGED BUDDHISM IN SOCIOLOGICAL CONTEXT

37—Pragmatism and ‘Engaged’ Buddhism:
Working Toward Peace and a Philosophy of Action

Michael C. Adorjan & Benjamin W. Kelly, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

51—Engaged Buddhism and Deep Ecology:
Beyond the Science/Religion Divide

Julie Gregory & Samah Sabra, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario & Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

67—The Sociological Contexts of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings
Darren Noy, University of California at Berkeley

73Ideology and Manas
Sujin Choi & Marc Black, University of Massachusetts Boston


SYMPOSIUM:
PROCEEDINGS FROM THE PANELS ON "BUDDHIST CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE"
AT THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE UNITED NATIONS
DAY OF VESAK
HELD IN HANOI, VIETNAM—MAY 2008

81Crying From Happiness:
Liberating Occupied Minds with Mindfulness

         Samiyeh Sharqawi, Palestinian Social Worker, Musmus, Israel

87Realizing True Education with Mindfulness
Richard Brady, www.mindingyourlife.net

99—Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Police in America: An Essay of Hope
Michael J. DeValve & Cary D. Adkinson, Fayetteville State University

105—Healing from War and Trauma: Southeast Asians in the U.S.
—A Buddhist Perspective and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

Robert Brian Wall, Lynn Community Health Center, Lynn, MA

113—Interbeing Autonomy and Economy: Toward Enduring Social and Ecological Justice
Glenn Manga, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

129—Saving Indra’s Net: Buddhist Tools for Tackling Climate Change and Social Inequity
Angela Tam, Environmentalist and Author, Hong Kong

133—Family as Sangha
Karen Hilsberg, Vesak 2008 Conference Presenter


COMMENTARY AND RESPONSE

135—Engaged Buddhism In Retreat
Lisa Kemmerer, Montana State University

145—Peace in Oneself, Peace in the World:
The Real Heart of Engaged Buddhism—A Response to Lisa Kemmerer

Bhikshuni Chan Tung Nghiem (Barbara Newell), Loving Kindness Temple, Plum Village, France

Editor's note: For a follow-up to the above dialogue between
Lisa Kemmerer and Bhikshuni Chan Tung Nghiem (Barbara Newell),
please click as follows to see the further commentary
by Lisa Kemmerer in Vol. VII, Issue 3 (Summer 2009) of the present journal.]

149—About the Cover Illustration Artist: Robert Andrew Parker

151—About Mindfulness Bell

153Tables of Contents of Previous Issues
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