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Buddhist modernism (also referred to as modern Buddhism, [1] modernist Buddhism, [2] Neo-Buddhism, [3] and Protestant Buddhism [4]) are new movements based on modern era reinterpretations of Buddhism. [5] [6] [7] David McMahan states that modernism in Buddhism is similar to those found in other religions.
Modern Buddhism may refer to: Contemporary Buddhism; Buddhist modernism, new movements based on modern era reinterpretations of Buddhism; Buddhism in the West.
Representatives from the three major modern Buddhist traditions, at the World Fellowship of Buddhists, 27th General Conference, 2014. The schools of Buddhism are the various institutional and doctrinal divisions of Buddhism which are the teachings off buddhist texts. The schools of Buddhism have existed from ancient times up to the present.
In the UK, the Triratna Buddhist Community arose as a new modern Buddhist movement. [186] In Continental Europe, interest in Buddhism also increased during the late 20th century, with an exponential increase in Buddhist groups in countries like Germany. [187] In France and Spain, Tibetan Buddhism has the largest following. [188]
This is the list of notable modern scholars in the field of Buddhist studies. Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852) Viggo Fausböll (1821–1908) Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876) T.W. Rhys Davids (1843–1922) Nanjo Bunyu (1849–1927) Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943) C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942) Robert Chalmers ...
The Vipassanā movement refers to a branch of modern Burmese Theravāda Buddhism that promotes "bare insight" (sukha-Vipassana) meditation practice to develop insight into the three marks of existence and attain stream entry. [1]
Humanistic Buddhism (Chinese: 人間佛教; pinyin: rénjiān fójiào) is a modern philosophy practiced by Buddhist groups originating from Chinese Buddhism which places an emphasis on integrating Buddhist practices into everyday life and shifting the focus of ritual from the dead to the living.
The establishment of Buddhism predates the field of psychology by over two millennia; thus, any assessment of Buddhism in terms of psychology is necessarily a modern invention. [ a ] One of the first such assessments occurred when British Indologists started translating Buddhist texts from Pali and Sanskrit .