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Branches of non-traditional Buddhism, new religious movements, independent Buddhist schools, modern non-sectarian Buddhism and blends of Buddhism and other belief systems. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
He identified several characteristics of Buddhist modernism: new interpretations of early Buddhist teachings, de-mythologisation and reinterpretation of Buddhism as "scientific religion", social philosophy or "philosophy of optimism", emphasis on equality and democracy, "activism" and social engagement, support of Buddhist nationalism, and the ...
Nipponzan-Myōhōji-Daisanga (日本山妙法寺大僧伽), often referred to as just Nipponzan Myohoji or the Japan Buddha Sangha, is a Japanese new religious movement and activist group founded in 1917 by Nichidatsu Fujii, [1] emerging from Nichiren Buddhism. [2] "Nipponzan Myōhōji is a small Nichiren Buddhist order of about 1500 persons ...
A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious, ethical, or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern [clarification needed] origins. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider religion, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations. Academics identify a variety of ...
The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement for Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and Modern Buddhist movement [1]) is a religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar. He re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called ...
In the United States, the approach has been dubbed the American Vipassana movement or Insight Meditation Movement. This includes institutions like the Insight Meditation Society and contemporary American Buddhist teachers such as Joseph Goldstein , Tara Brach , Gil Fronsdal , Sharon Salzberg , Ruth Denison , Shinzen Young , and Jack Kornfield .
A new religious movement (NRM), also known as new religion or an alternative spirituality, ... [14] the Theravāda Buddhist preacher Anagarika Dharmapala, ...
Buddhist new religious movements (10 C, 29 P) F. ... Pages in category "Buddhist movements" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.