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The Coming of Secular Buddhism: a Synoptic View

, 2012
Secular Buddhism is coalescing today in response to two main factors. First, it rejects the incoherence of Buddhist modernism, a protean formation that accommodates elements as far afield as ancestral Buddhism and psychotherapies claiming the Buddhist ...
Higgins, W
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Contemporary Pilgrims’ Understanding of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, with Particular Reference to the Role of Kobo Daishi [PDF]

This thesis analyses how contemporary pilgrims understand the 88-temple-Shikoku pilgrimage, and in particular what role Kōbō Daishi plays in their outlook and practices.
Pussel, Ryofu Rolf
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Buddhist Transformation in the Digital Age: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Humanistic Buddhism

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Humanistic Buddhism is one of the mainstreams of modern Buddhism, with special emphasis on the humanistic dimension. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Humanistic Buddhism is also at an important stage of modernization and ...
Yutong Zheng
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The Role and Meaning of Hospital Food for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Patients

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 39, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This study explored the perceptions of former Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) hospital patients and carers regarding the role and meaning of hospital food during hospitalisation and recovery. Methods Using a descriptive qualitative design guided by a social constructionist approach, four focus groups (n = 28) were conducted ...
Vanessa M. Carter, Vicki E. Barrington, Bryan Ross, Danielle P. Hitch   +3 more
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Post-religional perspective and secular Buddhism: Stephen Batchelor and the post-metaphysical religion

Horizonte, 2015
This paper aims to present one of the contemporary trends on Buddhism, specially from the last decades in West, for its encounter with the globalized and dynamic context of present societies.
Leandro Durazzo
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Dying ‘Buddhish’: Death, Diversity, and Worldview Complexity in and Beyond Australia

Journal of Global Buddhism
Buddhism contributes significantly to spirituality and wellness practices in contemporary Australia, influencing a new way of life not just for converts, but also broader society. Less frequently observed, however, is how Buddhism and Buddhist-inspired
Hannah Gould, Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick   +2 more
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Shi Cihang 航慈釋. The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan

Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2006
Shi Cihang 航慈釋 (1895-1954), is one of the eminent figures in the so-called Modern Buddhism in Taiwan. Engaged in improving education and training of Buddhist monks and nuns, and promoter of the so-called renjian fojiao 教佛間人 (Buddhism for the Human Realm),
Stefania Travagnin
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Adaptation and developments in Western Buddhism: Socially engaged Buddhism in the UK

, 2015
In recent years, there has been a growing academic acknowledgment around the world of a contemporary Buddhist phenomenon described as Engaged, or Socially Engaged Buddhism (SEB).
Henry, Philip M.
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Identifying Effective Informal Mindfulness Practices in Daily Activities

Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2018
Mindfulness is a state of consciousness that entails regulating attention to focus on the moment-to-moment experience with an open orientation. The ability to evoke and sustain this state can be cultivated by both formal and informal meditation practices.
Ke Zhang
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Aloha Buddha-the secularization of ethnic Japanese-American Buddhism

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
The relations between religion, migration, transnationalism, pluralism, and ethnicity have gained increasing focus in religious, cultural, sociological, and anthropological studies. With its manifold transfigurations across time and location, Buddhism is
Jørn Borup
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