Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice
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Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice is a collection of essays and narratives by Charles Johnson that weaves Buddhist philosophy with incisive commentary on social justice, identity, and contemporary American life.
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The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
"The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
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Engaged Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism is a modern Buddhist movement that applies Buddhist teachings and practices to social, political, and environmental activism and reform.
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The Bodhisattva’s Brain
The Bodhisattva’s Brain is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how Buddhist conceptions of the mind and ethics can be understood through the lens of contemporary cognitive science and naturalism.
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Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile is a foundational Zen Buddhist legend in which the Buddha wordlessly holds up a flower, and only Mahākāśyapa’s knowing smile signifies the direct, non-verbal transmission of enlightened insight.
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Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries
Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries is a compassionate bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who attentively listens to the suffering of all beings and responds with mercy and aid.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice Target entity description: Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice is a collection of essays and narratives by Charles Johnson that weaves Buddhist philosophy with incisive commentary on social justice, identity, and contemporary American life.
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A.
The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
"The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
-
B.
Engaged Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism is a modern Buddhist movement that applies Buddhist teachings and practices to social, political, and environmental activism and reform.
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C.
The Bodhisattva’s Brain
The Bodhisattva’s Brain is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how Buddhist conceptions of the mind and ethics can be understood through the lens of contemporary cognitive science and naturalism.
-
D.
Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile is a foundational Zen Buddhist legend in which the Buddha wordlessly holds up a flower, and only Mahākāśyapa’s knowing smile signifies the direct, non-verbal transmission of enlightened insight.
-
E.
Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries
Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries is a compassionate bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who attentively listens to the suffering of all beings and responds with mercy and aid.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Charles Johnson
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Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice
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