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...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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2017
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Journal of global buddhism
Ano: 2017, Volume: 18, Páginas: 112-128 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Modern Buddhism
B vipassanā B Meditação B Mindfulness B Secularism |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Resumo: | 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 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1251845 |