CONTENTS: Illustrations, Foreword-Peter D Hershock, Acknowledgments, Introduction-Nicholas S Brasovan and Micheline M Soong, 1. The Buddhist Canon and the Liberal Arts Classroom-Andy Alexander Davis, 2. Awakening in the Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism: Reading a Gongan/Koan Comparatively-Ann Piirruccello, 3. Seeking the Pure Land (in the Classroom)-Kendall Marchman, 4. The Representation and Transformation of Nagas, Dragons, and Dragon Kings in Chinese Painting-Jacqueline Chao, 5. Trails of Devotion: Orphaned Children and the Boundaries of Horror in Japanese Buddhist Fiction-R Keller Kimbrough, 6. The Buddhist Gift: Merit-Making, Donations, and the Ambivalence of Reward-Jessica Falcone, 7. The Puzzle of the Socially Engaged Buddhist Agent and a Thai Buddhist Philosophical Response-Geoff Ashton, 8. Five Themes toward Teaching the History of Vietnamese Buddhism-Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox, 9. Not knowing is Most intimate introducing Buddhism into a Humanities Course-Jane Collins, Contributors, Index.