CONTENTS:

Series Preface, Louis (Jody) W. Fry.

Preface, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler.

Acknowledgments.

A Sense of the Possible: Can Tibetan Buddhism Revitalize Leadership and Work? An Exploration in the Sociology of Knowledge, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler.

SECTION I: LEADERSHIP: TIBETAN BUDDHISM AS A SOURCE FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES.

  • The Dalai Lama and the Development of Buddhism in the West, Huston Smith.
  • The Fundamental Equality of All of Us: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as a Global Leader,Thupten Jinpa.
  • Leading for Change, Dialogue for Openness: Feminine Principle Teachings for Leaders, Judith Simmer-Brown.
  • Increasing Leadership Integrity Through Mind Training and Embodied Learning, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler.

SECTION II: INDIVIDUALS: HOW TIBETAN BUDDHIST PRACTICE IMPACTS PEOPLE AT WORK.

  • Bringing Lingdro to the West: A Dance of Blessing and Peace, Lin Lerner, Dance Ethnologist.
  • Learning to Rest, John Eric Baugher, Sociology Professor.
  • The Art of Now, Scott Snibbe, Artist.
  • Flying High and Serving Others Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing, Dana Browning, Flight Attendant.
  • Releasing Our Attachment, Carl Mangum, Clinical Social Worker.
  • Research as a Path of Mindfulness, Paul Ritvo, Scientist.

SECTION III: ORGANIZATIONS: ORGANIZING FOR THE FUTURE.

  • Bamboo Through Concrete…Growing Tibetan Buddhism in the West—The Story of the Foundation for the Preservation of the MahayanaTradition (the FPMT), Nicholas Ribush.
  • Leading with Authenticity and Presence: The Legacy of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Susan Skjei.
  • Tibetan Buddhism in Modern Western Culture, Sogyal Rinpoche.
  • Developing Rigpa as a Spiritual Organization, Philip Philippou.

SECTION IV: RESEARCH: TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN WESTERN SITUATIONS.

  • The "Quiet Revolution" in Care for the Dying, John Eric Baugher.
  • East Meets West: The Development and Methods of Crucible Research, Bronwen Rees.
  • Being a Bodhisattva at Work: Perspectives on the Influence of Buddhist Practices in Entrepreneurial Organizations, Kathryn Goldman Schuyler.

SECTION V: REFLECTIONS: THOUGHTS FROM EAST AND WEST.

  • Teaching Wisdom Culture in the West, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.
  • Leadership, Self-Awareness, and Compassion, Bill George.
  • "Leaders Should Be People Who Are Deeply Involved in Their Own Realization of Being a Human Being", Peter Senge.
  • Ancient Wisdom, Social Science, and the Vastness of the Human Spirit, Margaret Wheatley.

Glossary.

About the Contributors.