secular Buddhisum Flashcards

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what does secularisation actually mean

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non-religious or wordly

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what is one reason why the world is becoming increasingly secular

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

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

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-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

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

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

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what is the Buddhist forest tration

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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

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how did the buddhist forrest tradition originate

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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

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what is the amaravati tradtion

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bascially just the british version of the forrest thing

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what scholar supported secular buddhisum

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stephen batchelor

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