secular Buddhisum

Question 1

what does secularisation actually mean

Answer 1

non-religious or wordly

Question 2

what is one reason why the world is becoming increasingly secular

Answer 2

Do to scientific descovery and an increasing need for emperical evidence to proove scientific claims

Question 3

why has Buddhisum been seen to be becoming increasingly popular in more secular western socity

Answer 3

-Buddhist practases such as meditation can be benefiytal for mental health which can be seen to be a larger issue in western secular socity

-The non-dogmatic nature of Buddhsium could also be seen as faverouble

Question 4

How has Buddhisum itself been adapted along with the secularisation of socity

Answer 4

less of the supernatural beleifs such as the 6 realms of rebirth

Question 5

what is the Buddhist forest tration

Answer 5

This is a sub school of theravda buddhisum that rejects the secularisation of buddhisum and instead favours the traditional approach. The forest tradition goes as far as immitating the way in which early buddhists followed a more nomadic life style- the forrest tradition attempt to replicate this

Question 6

how did the buddhist forrest tradition originate

Answer 6

The buddhist forest traditon originated from two monks who simply began wandering the contry side in an effort to return to the original ways of buddhisum

Question 7

what is the amaravati tradtion

Answer 7

bascially just the british version of the forrest thing

Question 8

what scholar supported secular buddhisum

Answer 8

stephen batchelor