The Oxford Handbook of Lived Buddhism (In Progress) Courtney Bruntz (ed.), Brooke Schedneck (ed.) https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197658697.001.0001 Published: 2024 Online ISBN: 9780197658727 Print ISBN: 9780197658697 Search in this book CHAPTER https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197658697.013.18 Published: 22 May 2024 Abstract Keywords: transnational Buddhism, transnationalization, Buddhist organization, contemporary Buddhism, Peggy Levitt Subject: Buddhism, Religion Series: Oxford Handbooks Collection: Oxford Handbooks Online Disseminating Buddhism in Transnational Organizations Wei-yi Cheng This chapter introduces contemporary transnational Buddhist organizations, investigating the diusion of Buddhism across borders through transnational networks. It specically focuses on Buddhist entities that have emerged from the latter part of the twentieth century to the early twenty- rst century. These organizations may have their origins in one country, but they extend their inuence and activities beyond national borders. The primary aim of this chapter is to introduce readers to Buddhist organizations that actively engage in transnational networking, a trend expected to further expand with technological advancements. The progress in transportation and communication technologies has made way for a novel era for Buddhists whose religious practices are being signicantly shaped by this evolving phenomenon. The discussion is based on Peggy Levitt’s classication of transnational religious organizations into extended, negotiated, and recreated categories. This chapter expands the framework by introducing an “interactive” category, which takes into account the transnational religious inuence of short-term mobile individuals. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/56065/chapter/454439142 by OUP-Reference Gratis Access user on 29 May 2024