Buddhist explorers worth following up on
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Buddhist explorers worth discovering AND “under followed alternative paths for Buddhism” following up on - as we enter in an era of contraction in freedoms and group empathy on the one hand and centralization and valorization of state power on the other.
I especially like the idea of creating Civic Organizations dedicated to combining Buddhist and Civic ideals, ( think of the Masons or Rotary Club ), of lay men and women such as were developed in China and Japan between 1900 and 1950. I think this perspective is especially important in the modern world where the scaffolding of respect in the community for monasteries has eroded or is absent and faith in the general public in monasticism is attenuated.)
Google these to open doors.
Takagi Kenmyō 高木顕明 (1864–1914)
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Uchiyama Gudō (内山 愚童, May 17, 1874 – January 24, 1911)
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☆ Taixu (Tai-hsu, traditional Chinese: 太虛; simplified Chinese: 太虚; pinyin: Tàixū; Wade–Giles: T’ai Hsü; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947)
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Buddhadasa (27 May 1906 – 25 May 1993).
Just saying
Note: I am not a Mahayanist.