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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 ...
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
Young Indian samanera (novice Buddhist monk) in an Indian vihara.There are statues of Gautama Buddha and B. R. Ambedkar depicted as a bodhisattva.. Navayāna (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna, meaning "New Vehicle"), otherwise known as Navayāna Buddhism, refers to the socially engaged school of Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar B. R ...