{"product_id":"how-the-swans-came-to-the-lake-isbn-9781611804737","title":"How the Swans Came to the Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eA modern classic unparalleled in scope, this sweeping history unfolds the story of Buddhism’s spread to the West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow the Swans Came to the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the story of Asian Buddhism, including the life of the Buddha and the spread of his teachings from India to Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, and elsewhere. Coming to the modern era, the book tracks how Western colonialism in Asia served as the catalyst for the first large-scale interactions between Buddhists and Westerners. Author Rick Fields discusses the development of Buddhism in the West through key moments such as Transcendentalist fascination with Eastern religions; immigration of Chinese and Japanese people to the United States; the writings of D. T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, and members of the Beat movement; the publication of \u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner’s Mind\u003c\/i\u003e by Shunryu Suzuki; the arrival of Tibetan lamas in America and Europe; and the influence of Western feminist and social justice movements on Buddhist practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fortieth anniversary edition features both new and enhanced photographs as well as a new introduction by Fields’s nephew, Buddhist Studies scholar Benjamin Bogin, who reflects on the impact of this book since its initial publication and addresses the significant changes in Western Buddhist practice in recent decades.“Heroic in scope and of undeniable historic importance.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This fascinating book delivers more than it promises. It takes the reader from the origins of Buddhism right up to the immediate past, through Buddhism’s growth and spread in Asia to the personalities that opened it up to the West and those that brought it to America as well as those who were affected by Buddhism or nurtured it here. Fields possesses a clear style and infectious enthusiasm for his subject.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The definitive treatment of the impact of Buddhism on American thought.”—Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor of History \u0026amp; Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I found this engaging book literally crammed with the sort of lively and accurate information which I had for years been longing to find assembled. The leading characters emerge with a quality of independence and individuation that certainly dispels any stereotype of the Buddhist practitioner, teacher, or layman.”—Nancy Wilson Ross, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003eRICK FIELDS (1942-1999) is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eChop Wood, Carry Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Code of the Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Vajradhatu Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, an international journal of Buddhism (now \u003ci\u003eLion’s Roar\u003c\/i\u003e), and as the editor-at-large of \u003ci\u003eTricycle: The Buddhist Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBENJAMIN BOGIN, a scholar of Himalayan Buddhism, is associate professor and director of Asian Studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminated Life of the Great Yolmowa\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHimalayan Passages: Tibetan and Newar Studies in Honor of Hubert Decleer\u003c\/i\u003e.Fortieth Anniversary Edition--With a New Introduction by Benjamin Bogin","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302875975909,"sku":"NP9781611804737","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611804737.jpg?v=1767729350","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/how-the-swans-came-to-the-lake-isbn-9781611804737","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}