Buddhist modernism

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Buddhist modernism is a contemporary reinterpretation of Buddhist thought and practice that blends traditional teachings with modern values, such as individualism, social engagement, and compatibility with science and Western philosophy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist movement ⓘ
modern Buddhism ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Buddhist modernity ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism

Buddhist reform ⓘ
Protestant Buddhism ⓘ
engaged Buddhism ⓘ
developedInRegion East Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
downplays cosmology ⓘ
devotional practices ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
monastic authority ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
emergedInContext colonialism ⓘ
globalization ⓘ
postcolonialism ⓘ
emphasizes compatibility with science ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
personal experience ⓘ
rationality ⓘ
social engagement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName contemporary Buddhism ⓘ
modern Buddhism ⓘ
modernist Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
hasCharacteristic adaptation to modern values ⓘ
dialogue with psychology ⓘ
emphasis on meditation as core of Buddhism ⓘ
globalized lay networks ⓘ
presentation of Buddhism as philosophy rather than religion ⓘ
reinterpretation of traditional doctrines ⓘ
use of scientific discourse ⓘ
hasKeyTheme demythologization of Buddhism ⓘ
environmental concern ⓘ
global lay meditation movements ⓘ
interfaith dialogue ⓘ
lay-centered practice ⓘ
psychologization of Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
universalism ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
liberal Protestantism ⓘ
modern science ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
reinterprets Eightfold Path ⓘ
Four Noble Truths ⓘ
karma ⓘ
nirvana ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
relatedTo Tibetan Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Vipassanā movement ⓘ
linked to: Vipassana

Zen modernism ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
studiedBy David L. McMahan ⓘ
Donald S. Lopez Jr. ⓘ
Gananath Obeyesekere ⓘ
Richard Gombrich ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gary Snyder → movement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism → hasModernMovement → Humanistic Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Dalit Buddhist movement → influencedBy → Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Buddhist modernism → hasAlternativeName → modernist Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Buddhist modernism → associatedWithConcept → Buddhist modernity ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Henry Steel Olcott → movement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Western Buddhism → associatedConcept → Secular Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Western Buddhism → associatedConcept → Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Huỳnh Phú Sổ → influenced → modern Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
D. T. Suzuki → movement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum → religiousTradition → Humanistic Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum → theme → Humanistic Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Hsi Lai Temple → tradition → Humanistic Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist modernism
Protestant Buddhism → relatedConcept → Buddhist modernism ⓘ