Buddhist modernism

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Buddhist movement modern Buddhism religious movement

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Buddhist modernism canonical	3
Buddhist modernity	1
Humanistic Buddhism	1
modernist Buddhism	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist movement ⓘ modern Buddhism ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Buddhist modernism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Buddhist modernity 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 ⓘ Buddhist modernism ⓘ surface form: modernist Buddhism
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 ⓘ Vipassana ⓘ surface form: Vipassanā movement Zen modernism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
studiedBy	David L. McMahan ⓘ Donald S. Lopez Jr. ⓘ Gananath Obeyesekere ⓘ Richard Gombrich ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Gary Snyder → movement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ

Chinese Buddhism → hasModernMovement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Humanistic Buddhism

Dalit Buddhist movement → influencedBy → Buddhist modernism ⓘ

Buddhist modernism → hasAlternativeName → Buddhist modernism ⓘ

this entity surface form: modernist Buddhism

Buddhist modernism → associatedWithConcept → Buddhist modernism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddhist modernity

Henry Steel Olcott → movement → Buddhist modernism ⓘ