Buddhism, Meditation, and Global Secularisms
Buddhism in the modern world offers an example of (1) the porousness of the boundary between the secular and religious; (2) the diversity, fluidity, and constructedness of the very categories of religious and secular, since they appear in different ways among different Buddhist cultures in divergent...
Publié dans: | Journal of global buddhism |
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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2017
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Journal of global buddhism
Année: 2017, Volume: 18, Pages: 112-128 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Modern Buddhism
B vipassanā B Méditation B Mindfulness B Secularism |
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Résumé: | Buddhism in the modern world offers an example of (1) the porousness of the boundary between the secular and religious; (2) the diversity, fluidity, and constructedness of the very categories of religious and secular, since they appear in different ways among different Buddhist cultures in divergent national contexts; and (3) the way these categories nevertheless have very real-world effects and become drivers of substantial change in belief and practice. Drawing on a few examples of Buddhism in various geographical and political settings, I hope to take a few modest steps toward illuminating some broad contours of the interlacing of secularism and Buddhism. In doing so, I am synthesizing some of my own and a few others’ research on modern Buddhism, integrating it with some current research I am doing on meditation, and considering its implications for thinking about secularism. This, I hope, will provide a background against which we can consider more closely some particular features of Buddhism in the Chinese cultural world, about which I will offer some preliminary thoughts. |
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ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1251845 |