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Juniper Foundation is an organization that works to adapt and promote meditation tradition in the modern world. It was founded in 2003 by five individuals, Segyu Choepel Rinpoche, Hillary Brook Levy, Christina Juskiewicz, Pam Moriarty and Lawrence Levy.〔("The Juniper Team" ) Juniper Foundation. Retrieved 2011-03-03.〕 Juniper calls its approach "meditation tradition for modern life" 〔("The Juniper Story" ) Juniper Foundation. Retrieved 2011-03-03.〕 and it emphasizes meditation, balancing emotions, cultivating compassion and developing insight as four building blocks of meditation training.〔("Awakening the Mind: The Path of Meditation" ). Juniper Foundation (2009). p. 10.〕 == Approach == Juniper holds that Buddhist ideas have enormous potential to benefit modern culture but, to do so, their religious and cultural wrapper must be removed so modern individuals can access these methods in a way that matches their sensibility and psychology. These methods must become integrated into modern culture just as they were in the cultures of India, China, Japan, Tibet and others.〔("Heirs to Insight: Assimilating Buddhist methods into Modern Culture" ) Juniper Foundation (2009). p. 2〕 The 14th Dalai Lama acknowledged this principle when, in his book ''The Meaning of Life from a Buddhist Perspective'', he wrote “It is important to adopt the ''essence'' of Buddha’s teaching, recognizing that Buddhism as it is practiced by Tibetans is influenced by Tibetan culture and thus it would be a mistake to try to practice a Tibetanized form of Buddhism.”〔Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Hopkins, ''The Meaning of Life from a Buddhist Perspective''. Snow Lion Publications 1992. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-86171-096-6“It is important to adopt the essence of Buddha’s teaching, recognizing that Buddhism as it is practiced by Tibetans is influenced by Tibetan culture and thus it would be a mistake to try to practice a Tibetanized form of Buddhism. By trying completely to Tibetanize your practice, in time there come to be difficulties, since such a system could not fit with your own mind and makes interaction with society difficult. Nowadays, some people are acting like Tibetans even to the point of keeping their heads down in an abject manner. Instead of copying such cultural forms, you should remain within your own cultural forms and implement Buddha's teaching if you find something useful and effective in it.”〕 Because Buddhist ideas value inquiry and critical thinking,〔H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso ''Path to Bliss: A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation''. Snow Lion Publications 1991. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-937938-92-8 “After all, the basic approach of the Buddhist is to subject concepts to rigorous logical processes, and if anything contradicts direct observation and logic, it should not be accepted just because it is taught in the sutras or the texts.” Also, Ven. Soma Thera, (''Kalama Sutta: The Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry'' ). accesstoinsight.org 1994.〕 Juniper holds that we can apply these to build a bridge from ancient culture to modern life, one that is grounded in tradition but evolved to embrace discovery and modern social norms.〔("Heirs to Insight: Assimilating Buddhist methods into Modern Culture" ) Juniper Foundation (2009). p. 2. "We present here five principles we believe are necessary for the remarkable Buddhist system of inner development to take root and flourish in modern soil: # Integrate science # Integrate modern education # Train gradually # Provide equal opportunity # Cultivate modern teacher relationships" 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juniper Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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