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Dawning of Buddhism in the West: Modern and Postmodern Buddhism

2020
Number of those in the West who relate with Buddhist theories and practices in various ways without adapting Buddhism as a religion are rapidly rising. In this research, in order to contribute to a better comprehension of the place Buddhism occupies in the West, we aim to shed lights on the background of the contemporary situation by examining the ...
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Branding a New Buddhist Movement: The New Kadampa Tradition’s Self- Identification as “Modern Buddhism”

, 2020
Christopher Emory-Moore
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Buddhism and Modernity

2021
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Buddhism: modernization or globalization?

2014
In spring 2013, in Lyon, France, a group of Chinese Buddhists in yellow robes took part in a conference at a local university of social sciences and humanities. The group was led by the head monk of the Beijing Longquan Monastery, who was touring France and Europe, after having sent out proposals to give talks on Buddhism. The conference was nothing
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Meditation in Modern Buddhism

2010
In contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassanā meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving
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The dawn of modern Buddhism: contacts between Chinese and Japanese Buddhism in the late nineteenth century

, 2017
Ji-Dong Chen
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Pure Land, Real World: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination

, 2017
Melissa Curley
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The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism & the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, by Erik Braun, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013, xvi + 257 pp. ISBN: 978-0-226-00080-0, US$45.00 (cloth); ISBN: 978-0-226-00094-7 (e-book)

, 2015
D. Osto
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6. Institutionalizing Modern “Religion” in China’s Buddhism: Political Phases of a Local Revival

Making Religion, Making the State, 2020
D. Wank
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Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism

Contemporary Buddhism, 2020
Bhadrajee S. Hewage
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