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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 ...
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.
A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious 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 characteristics ...
A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin, or they can be part of a wider religion, in which case they are distinct from pre-existing denominations .
One major branch of the New Buddhism movement is. • Navayana ("New Way"), also known as Dalit Buddhist movement, and "Ambedkarite" Buddhism. Implementing the Principles of Buddhism for the Welfare of Many People. Various Buddhist new religious movements arose in the 20th century, including the following. Agon Shu; Aum Shinrikyo; Buddhist ...
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.
In 1980, Kiriyama visited the holy Buddhist site of Sahet Mahet in India and reported that the Buddha had appeared to him and passed to him the mantle of leader of universal Buddhism. These events led Kiriyama to establish and promote Agon Shū, founded in 1978, as a new global Buddhist movement and build a "new Sahel Mahet" in Yamashina-ku ...
His areas of interest and specialization are: modern Hinduism, Buddhism, religions in South Asia (from both a local and a global perspective), new religious movements, religion and science, medieval bhakti movements, Bengali and Sanskrit studies, the history and sociology of religion, interreligious dialogue, comparative religion, globalization ...