Word: buddhism
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...other generations of Protestants the idea might have smacked of popery or unhealthy mysticism. The withdrawal of small groups for meditation, prayer and spiritual study used to be a distinctive practice of other religions, notably Roman Catholicism and Buddhism. Today, Protestant retreat houses are multiplying. Retreats range from one-day spiritual refreshers to week-long programs modeled on a monastic rule...
Buddhists are preparing for the task of propagating their faith in the West. A special college is now operating in Rangoon and a center in Colombo to train missionaries. A report of the British Missionaries Societies to the British Council of Churches last week warned Christians that "Buddhism has been roused by the recent celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, by the meeting of the [Sixth World Buddhist] Council in Rangoon, and also by the deep fear in Asia of [nuclear] war . . . Buddhist leaders are calling Buddhists to support a world mission to save...
...modern secular spirit of the West makes it certain [the Buddhist missionaries] will meet with considerable success . . . There is a very deep interest in Buddhism growing among students in [Western] schools and universities...
...Great Religions, by the Editors of LIFE (TIME Inc.-Simon & Schuster; $13.50). Compiled with the aid of ten writers, 82 experts and the full photographic resources of LIFE, this expansion of the magazine's famed Great Religions series of 1955 takes readers on a guided tour of Hinduism, Buddhism. Chinese philosophy. Islam. Judaism and Christianity...
Thus tersely, in his bestselling The Quiet American, Novelist Graham Greene described Cao Daism, a gaudy gallimaufry of Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity whose followers number at least one million and play a significant part in the confused politics of South Viet...