The making of Buddhist modernism
by David L. McMahan · first published 2008
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In this book, David McMahan charts the development of modern Buddhism. He presents modern Buddhism as a complex historical process constituted by a variety of responses to some of the most important concerns of the modern era.
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…religions. Since sometime in the late 1800s there have been pretty strong movements of what's often called "Buddhist modernism." A scholar of Buddhism named David McMahan wrote a good overview called "The Making of Buddhist Modernism" explaining the historical forces that shaped this development. It's also related to movements sometimes called "Protestant Buddhism." The Buddhist movements in the West have mostly been strongly influenced…
on “Hoffice: work at someone's home” ↗I'm surprised that the article doesn't reference this book: David L. McMahan, The Making of Buddhist Modernism https://www.amazon.com/Making-Buddhist-Modernism-David-McMah...
on “The Problem of Mindfulness” ↗…European and incorporate Romanticism because they knew if Europeans showed up and you didn't have a European-style religion, they'd declare you savages and colonize you. It more or less worked. See "The Making of Buddhist Modernism", review here: https://vividness.live/the-making-of-buddhist-modernism That didn't happen in Tibet, although it modernized later with a marketing campaign resulting in everyone vaguely associating the…
on “Ten years after the Higgs, physicists face the nightmare of finding nothing else” ↗…she even study Buddhism at all? Did you? https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/biggest-misconception-about-... https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ten-misconceptions-about-b... https://vividness.live/the-making-of-buddhist-modernism The book you are referring to means nothing because it is a recent interpretation exactly as the author of the article is describing. From The Making of Buddhist Modernism: >1. Rahula selects from the…
on “Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: the corporation” ↗