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SUMMARY:Buddhism and Marginality in Translation among Ambedkarites in East
  Asia - Dr Jon Keune (Michigan State University)
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DESCRIPTION:As Ambedkarite Buddhists have increasingly migrate outside Ind
 ia in the past thirty years\, they interact with other Buddhist traditions
  and socio-political contexts that prompt new considerations of Buddhism a
 nd marginality. Ambedkar’s rationalist vision of Buddhism focused on soc
 ial transformation\, explicitly responding to caste-based discrimination i
 n modern India. Ambedkarite Buddhists carry on this legacy while exploring
  further what Buddhism means to them. Over the past thirty years\, they ha
 ve found new inspiration and challenges through increased contact with Bud
 dhists from Japan and Taiwan\, and as Ambedkarites migrate to East Asia an
 d beyond. When cross-cultural\, inter-sectarian Buddhist encounters occur\
 , what happens to the idea of social equality\, which Ambedkarites histori
 cally viewed in terms of caste difference in India and now adjust to recko
 n with new experiences of ethnic difference? How do people reckon the idea
  of “Buddhism” function as a universal religion (valid for everyone) w
 ith the context-sensitive visions of equality and experiences of marginali
 ty as they move across cultural contexts?  \nSpeakers:\nDr Jon Keune (Mich
 igan State University)
LOCATION:St Antony's College (Syndicate Room)\, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b7277656-1c1b-4503-b31a-e2a7b635c6d0/
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