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Teaching Dharma, Grooming Sangha: The Buddhist College of Singapore
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The authors argued that reformist Buddhism has legitimized the process of rationalization and bureaucratization of the Buddhist institutions in Singapore, and this has, to a large extent, contributed to the organizational and educational structure of the BCS.Abstract:
This article is a preliminary observation of the recently established Buddhist College of Singapore (BCS). It seeks to propose, building on Kuah Khun Eng's notion of "Reformist Buddhism", that the college can be seen as a product of the Reformist Buddhist movement in Singapore. By positioning the BCS within this larger context of Reformist Buddhist movement, this article argues that Reformist Buddhism has legitimized the process of rationalization and bureaucratization of the Buddhist institutions in the country. This has, to a large extent, contributed to the organizational and educational structure of the BCS.read more
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Cultivating online and offline pathways to enlightenment: Religious authority and strategic arbitration in wired Buddhist organization
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine Buddhist clergy communication within the context of established religious organizations with an integrationist perspective on interpersonal communication and new and old media connections, and find that constituting Buddhist religious epistemic authority in wired organizational contexts rests on coordinating online-offline.
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Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks
TL;DR: McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how "secular" and "religious" are in many ways false binaries.
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The Buddha's Precepts on Respecting Other Races and Religions?: Thinking about the Relationship of Ethnicity and Theravada Buddhism
TL;DR: This paper examined the role of ethnic diversity in shaping the imagination of Theravada Buddhism among practitioners in Southeast Asia, focusing on three very different contexts of Singapore, Southwest China and Thailand.
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Equivalent Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Mahayana Buddhists Practicing Vegetarian Diets
TL;DR: The assessment indicates that Mahayana Buddhists with vegetarian diets account for the equivalent GHGE reduction of 48.83 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is a huge amount and is equal to 11.3 or 8.9% of the GHGEs from France or the UK in 2012, respectively.
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Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka
TL;DR: In this paper, a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka and describe the changes that have profoundly altered the character of Sinhala religion in both areas.
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A Dictionary of Buddhism
TL;DR: Pas discussed by the authorsACE A-Z DICTIONARY APPENDICES Map of India and the region where the Buddha taught and lived Map showing Theravada Buddhism in Asia Map showing Mahayana Buddhism inAsia Pronunciation Guide Guide Guide to Buddhist Scriptures Chronology
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The work of kings : the new Buddhism in Sri Lanka
TL;DR: Seneviratne et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based, concluding that the altruistic, morally pure monks of Anagarika Dharmapala's dream have become self-centered and arrogant, concealing selfaggrandizement behind a facade of social service.
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Global Buddhism: Developmental Periods, Regional Histories, and a New Analytical Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the author befasst sich in diesem Beitrag mit der Verbreitung des Buddhismus in der westlichen Welt, and auch auf die Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen traditionelle and modernistischen Entwicklungen des Buddhismuus wird in thisem Text eingegangen.
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The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the origins and growth of Theravada Buddhism up to the present-day, focusing on four important types of patterns of reinterpretation and response.