The Emergence of Secular Insight Practices in Australia

Bubna-Litic, DC; Higgins, W

The Emergence of Secular Insight Practices in Australia

Bubna-Litic, DC Higgins, W

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Publisher:: Journal of Global Buddhism
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Global Buddhism, 2007, 8 (1), pp. 157 - 173
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bubna-Litic, DC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Higgins, W	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Global Buddhism, 2007, 8 (1), pp. 157 - 173	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1527-6457	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	In recent years insight (vipassana) practice in Australia has diversified in content and spawned new institutions that present a more secular face. These changes exemplify the development of global Buddhism elsewhere rather than some local, sui generis divergence from international trends. Nonetheless, the unusual prominence of Buddhist migrants in the Australian population has influenced the interaction between traditional and western Buddhists, and thus the emergence of the new trends. In interpreting the transformations in question, we make heuristic use both of Martin Baumann s periodization of Buddhist history, with its characterization of the present stage as global, and Stephen Batchelor s distinction between religious Buddhism and dharma practice. The Australian experience highlights the value of the earlier interaction between migrant and locally-born Buddhists, and the formative effect their later separation has on lay practice. This experience also points to the salience of forms of association when secular Buddhist practice melds with the Western values of inclusiveness and equality, not least in gender relations.	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Global Buddhism	en_US
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dc.title	The Emergence of Secular Insight Practices in Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

In recent years insight (vipassana) practice in Australia has diversified in content and spawned new institutions that present a more secular face. These changes exemplify the development of global Buddhism elsewhere rather than some local, sui generis divergence from international trends. Nonetheless, the unusual prominence of Buddhist migrants in the Australian population has influenced the interaction between traditional and western Buddhists, and thus the emergence of the new trends. In interpreting the transformations in question, we make heuristic use both of Martin Baumann s periodization of Buddhist history, with its characterization of the present stage as global, and Stephen Batchelor s distinction between religious Buddhism and dharma practice. The Australian experience highlights the value of the earlier interaction between migrant and locally-born Buddhists, and the formative effect their later separation has on lay practice. This experience also points to the salience of forms of association when secular Buddhist practice melds with the Western values of inclusiveness and equality, not least in gender relations.

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