Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and author and editor of numerous works, including "Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America "(California, 1999), "A Survey of Vinaya Literature "(1994), and "American Buddhism "(1979). He is coeditor of "The Faces of Buddhism in America "(California, 1998) and the electronic "Journal of Buddhist Ethics. "Martin Baumann is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, and research fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at Hannover University, Ge...