Foundations : making a life -- Social understanding : tissues of the self -- Indian Buddhist social theory and engagement -- Institutionalized delusion -- Buddhism and modernity -- The inner work : the face of contemporary spirituality -- Beyond meditation -- Social awareness -- Buddhist morality -- Action : peacework and social justice -- A world in flames -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Engaged Buddhism in Asia -- Engaged Buddhism worldwide -- The grounding of socially engaged Buddhism -- Root problemsof Buddhist social activism -- Building a radical culture of awakening.
Ken Jones was a Zen and Ch'an practitioner and teacher. His career was mainly in higher education, with most of his spare time spent as a peace, ecology and social justice activist, as well as a period on the Samaritans' telephone helpline. He was a founder of the UK Network of Engaged Buddhists, eventually serving as its president, and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship Jones facilitated numerous workshops and retreats on different aspects of Buddhism, but focusing particularly on "Everyday Buddhism". He published widely, his best known book being The New Social Face of Buddhism. A widely published haiku poet, he has been awarded the Sasakawa prize for his contribution in that field. He final years were spent in his native Wales, with his Irish wife Noragh. He passed away in 2015.
"An excellent, necessary book. It reads as a complement to David
Loy's The Great Awakening, where a shared Buddhist social theory is
converted into a call to action. Jones skillfully links meditation
and spiritual awakening--opening the third eye--to opening the
'fourth eye' of social awareness."-- "Inquiring Mind"
"In this substantially revised update of his Social Face of
Buddhism, Jones argues that Buddhism has powerful, practical
implications for profound social change. This is a meticulous,
philosophical foundation for compassionate social action and a
clear, attentive, thorough explication of the social-action
implications of Buddhist thought."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Jones's original Social Face of Buddhism, published in 1989, came
just in time to encourage many of us who were searching for the
point were Buddhism and social action meet. The book was a beacon
and we turned to it eagerly. Jones has now thoroughly re-written
this work, as The New Social Face of Buddhism. We are lucky to have
this new tool in our hands. The writing here is more fluid, and
thus this volume is easier reading for an audience of Buddhists and
fellow- travelers. We must do the socially engaged work that Jones
writes about."-- "Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged
Buddhism"
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