xvii, 434 pages ; 23 cm; Attention: Preface to the assembly -- Turning the wheel -- East and west: the central region -- The mine of Sanskrit -- The restless pioneers -- Gold mountain and rice bowl country: the first Chinese and Japanese in America -- The white Buddhists: Colonel Olcott, Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society -- History is repeating itself: the World Parliament of Religions -- In the wake of the Parliament -- The Boston Buddhists: an interlude -- Ten holding the lotus to the rock: 1905-1945 -- The fifties: beat and square -- And round: the sixties -- When the iron bird flies -- In the land of the red man -- The other Zen and the pure land: the Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese -- The changing of the guard.; This new updated edition of How the Swans Came to the Lake includes much new information about recent events in Buddhist groups in America and discusses such issues as spiritual authority, the role of women, and social action.; 

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