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 groups—the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and Dharma Drum Mountain—in the two different social contexts of Taiwan and California.

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

Tags: #ClimateChange #Modern #Sangha #China #CaliBuddhist

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.

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

Tags: #CaliBuddhist #USA