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'''Modern Buddhism''' may refer to: |
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'''Modern Buddhism''' encompasses a [[modern]] approach to a wide number of [[Buddhist]] beliefs applicable to contemporary circumstance. |
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*Contemporary [[Buddhism#Buddhism_today|Buddhism]] |
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Renunciation of worldly matters, devotional practices, ceremonies and the invocation of [[bodhisattvas]] among other widely-accepted precepts are perceived to be inconvenient or impracticable |
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to many self-declared [[21st century]] Buddhists as highlighted by a review of living Buddhists found on the [[list of buddhists]]. The rejection of enlightenment-thinking, a pillar of [[modernism]], also challenges traditional Buddhist principles. |
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*[[Buddhist modernism]], i.e. forms of Buddhism that have emerged out of an engagement with the dominant cultural and intellectual forces of modernity |
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Modern Buddhism includes a number of contemporary or modernized Buddhist movements such as [[Humanistic Buddhism]], linkage between [[Buddhism and Gnosticism]], [[Sōka Gakkai]] or [[Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism]], the [[Vipassana movement]], [[New Kadampa Tradition]], and [[Fo Guang Shan]] among others. |
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*a specific form/concept of [[Buddhist modernism#"Modern Buddhism"_concept_of_Lopez|Buddhist modernism]], as described by the scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. |
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==References== |
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*Donald S. Lopez Jr, '''A Modern Buddhist Bible''', Beacon Press Books, 2002, ISBN 0-8070-1243-2 |
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*[[Buddhism in the West]], specifically [[Buddhism in Europe]] and [[Buddhism in the United States]] |
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*James, Alan and James, Jacqui, '''Modern Buddhism''', Aucana, 1989, ISBN 0-9511-7691-9 |
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*Daniel A. Metraux, '''The International Expansion of a Modern Buddhist Movement: The Soka Gakkai in Southeast Asia and Australia''', University Press of America, 2001, ISBN 9780761819042 |
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*Charles S. Prebish, and Martin Baumann, '''Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia'''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002, ISBN 0-520-23490-1 |
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[[Category:Buddhism]] |
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Revision as of 16:51, 3 October 2009
Modern Buddhism may refer to:
- Contemporary Buddhism
- Buddhist modernism, i.e. forms of Buddhism that have emerged out of an engagement with the dominant cultural and intellectual forces of modernity
- a specific form/concept of Buddhist modernism, as described by the scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr.
- Buddhism in the West, specifically Buddhism in Europe and Buddhism in the United States
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