Buddhist Revivalist Movements

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This text provides a comparative investigation of the affinities and differences of two of the most dynamic currents in World Buddhism: Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement. Defying differences in denomination, culture, and historical epochs, these schools revived an unfettered quest for enlightenment and proceeded to independently forge like practices and doctrines. The author examines the teaching gambits and tactics, the methods of practice, the place and story line of teacher biography, and the nature and role of the awakening experience, revealing similar forms deriving from an uncompromising pursuit of awaking, the insistence on self-cultivation, and the preeminent role of the charismatic master. Offering a pertinent review of their encounters with modernism, the book provides a new coherence to these seemingly disparate movements, opening up new avenues for scholars and possibilities for practitioners.
Compares the most dynamic schools of thought in World Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement Considers the similarities and differences between the two schools Presents new perspectives that have implications for Buddhist studies, comparative religion, and social science studies of religion.

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Alan Robert Lopez

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Age of Enlightenment Buddhism and the quest for enlightenment Buddhism, Enlightenment and Modernism Zen, religion and nature Schools in World Buddhism Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement Methods of practice and the awakening experience Buddhist Revivalist Movements

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