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Contemporary Buddhism and Death

2016
Funerary Buddhism emerges out of Buddhism’s encounter with modernization, both in Asia and the West from the nineteenth century. It refers to a broad spectrum of textual, material, ritual, sociocultural, and institutional forms connected to the immediate and ongoing care of the dead. It implicates everything from Buddhist institutions to local temples,
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Contemporary Thai Buddhism

2016
This chapter examines the diversity of Buddhist thought and practice in the modern nation of Thailand. The national boundaries that mark the separation between Thailand and the countries of Burma, Malaysia, Laos, and Cambodia are products of the modern era and European colonialism.
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Contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism

2016
The Vietnamese have had a particularly traumatic experience throughout the twentieth century. Colonial domination, decades of some of the most brutal warfare the world has ever seen, and the dispersal of Vietnamese refugees throughout the globe have made a strong impact on the way that Vietnamese Buddhism is practiced and perceived. Vietnamese Buddhism,
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Contemporary Buddhism in Malaysia

2016
This chapter examines Buddhism in Malaysia, from its early history through the contemporary period. It investigates the factors that contributed to the migration and continued presence of Chinese, Thai, Burmese, and Sri Lankan Buddhists to peninsular Malaysia, as well as the causes that led to the founding of their own familiar places of worship ...
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Commodification of buddhism in contemporary burma

Annals of Tourism Research, 1999
Abstract Buddhism provides a powerful force in the lives of large numbers of people in Burma. The military junta ruling Burma has recognized and attempted to appropriate Buddhism as a means of legitimating its authority. This regime has consistently promoted the notion of national unity and identity in which strong links with a Buddhist Burmese ...
Janette Philp, David Mercer
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The Contemporary Study of Buddhism

2016
This chapter discusses the history of Buddhist studies as a modern academic discipline. Rather than giving a broad bibliographic survey of the field, it explores the way in which power has structured its genesis and development as a system for the production of knowledge.
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The Contemporary Meaning of Kamakura Buddhism

Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1974
are gathered together to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Shinran Sh6nin and the great creative phase of Japanese Buddhism Vin the Kamakura Period in which Shinran was a central but by no means a solitary figure.* I will have something to say about Shinran and also about D6gen, whom I will treat as representative figures of Kamakura ...
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Two Buddhisms in Contemporary Mongolia

Contemporary Buddhism, 2006
In a recent overview of the ‘two Buddhisms’ thesis of Buddhism in the West, Paul Numrich argued for the continued validity of this typology. In particular, through an extensive overview of current scholarship, he convincingly showed that the oft-noted dichotomy between immigrant Buddhism and western convert Buddhism remains a valuable heuristic tool ...
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Contemporary Indonesian Buddhism and Monotheism

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1987
The philosophical basis of the Indonesian state, first framed in 1945, is the Panca Sila or Five Principles. Since 1985 all political and social organizations including religious ones have had to subscribe to the Panca Sila as their sole philosophical principle (Azas Tunggal). The first of the Five Principles is belief in Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, normally,
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Two forms of contemporary Buddhism

2008
Key terms and teachings Engaged Buddhism: A form of Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh and others that combines the meditative practices of the monastic life with the practical demands of compassionate action in the world. Its point and purpose is for its practitioners to realize that wisdom and knowledge must eventually lead to enlightened ...
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