The Open Buddhist University6d ago

πŸ“– Propagating the Bodhisattva Ethic of Compassion for People and the Planet (A free, 307-page thesis from 2019)

Tags: #ClimateChange #Modern #Sangha #China #CaliBuddhist
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/humanistic-buddhism-and-climate-change_zimmerman-liu-teresa

Humanistic Buddhism and Climate Change: Propagating the Bodhisattva Ethic of Compassion for People and the Planet

[In Taiwan,] two Humanistic Buddhist groups have influenced the majority of Buddhists on the island to adopt important aspects of sustainable lifestyles. This multi-sited ethnographic study uses participant observation with formal and informal interviews to research these two groupsβ€”the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and Dharma Drum Mountainβ€”in the two different social contexts of Taiwan and California.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityFeb 3

πŸ“° The Emergence of Buddhist Postmodernism? (A free, 19-page article from 2014)

Tags: #CaliBuddhist #USA
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/from-buddhist-hippies-to-buddhist-geeks_gleig-a

From Buddhist Hippies to Buddhist Geeks: The Emergence of Buddhist Postmodernism?

Buddhist Geeks is an online Buddhist media company and community that launched in 2007. It consists of a weekly audio podcast and a digital magazine component and since 2011, has hosted an annual conference. I will discuss the main characteristics and concerns of the Buddhist Geeks community and explore how it can be situated both in relationship to traditional Buddhism and Buddhist modernism. In conclusion, I reflect on whether Buddhist Geeks signals the emergence of a new, distinctly postmodern stage in the wider assimilation of Buddhism in America.

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