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====Buddhist modernism====
{{Main|Buddhist philosophy#Modern philosophy|Buddhist modernism}}
[[File:Hu Shih and D. T. Suzuki.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hu Shih]] and [[DT Suzuki]] during his visit to China in 1934]]
The modern period saw the rise of [[Buddhist modernism]] and [[Humanistic Buddhism]] under Western influences and the development of [[Buddhism in the West|Western Buddhism]] with influences from modern psychology and Western philosophy. Important exponents of Buddhist modernism include [[Anagarika Dharmapala]] (1864–1933) and the American convert [[Henry Steel Olcott]], the Chinese modernists [[Taixu]] (1890–1947) and [[Yin Shun]] (1906–2005), Zen scholar [[D. T. Suzuki|D.T. Suzuki]], and the Tibetan [[Gendün Chöphel]] (1903–1951). Buddhist modernism refers to "forms of Buddhism that have emerged out of engagement with the dominant cultural and intellectual forces of modernity."<ref>McMahan, David L. (2008). The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press. p. 6</ref> Forces which influenced modernists like [[Anagarika Dhammapala|Dhammapala]] and Yin Shun included Enlightenment values and Western science. A [[Neo-Buddhist movement]] was founded by the influential Indian [[Dalit]] leader [[B. R. Ambedkar]] in the 1950s who emphasized social and political reform.<ref>Gary Tartakov (2003). Rowena Robinson, ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eNsoAAAAYAAJ ''Religious Conversion in India: Modes, Motivations, and Meanings''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206144339/https://books.google.com/books?id=eNsoAAAAYAAJ |date=6 December 2022 }}. Oxford University Press. pp. 192–213. {{ISBN|978-0-19-566329-7}}.</ref>

Buddhist modernism includes various movements like [[Humanistic Buddhism]], [[Secular Buddhism]], the [[Vipassana movement]], and [[Engaged Buddhism]]. Chinese [[humanistic Buddhism]] or "Buddhism for Human Life" (Chinese: 人生佛教; pinyin: rénshēng fójiào) which was to be free of supernatural beliefs has also been an influential form of modern Buddhism in Asia.<ref name="mbingenheimer.net">Bingenheimer, Marcus (2007). "Some Remarks on the Usage of Renjian Fojiao 人間佛教 and the Contribution of Venerable Yinshun to Chinese Buddhist Modernism". In Hsu, Mutsu; Chen, Jinhua; Meeks, Lori. [http://mbingenheimer.net/publications/bingenheimer.yinshunRenjianFojiao.2007.pdf ''Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623135303/http://mbingenheimer.net/publications/bingenheimer.yinshunRenjianFojiao.2007.pdf |date=23 June 2014 }} (PDF). Hua-lien (Taiwan): Tzuchi University Press. pp. 141–161. {{ISBN|978-986-7625-08-3}}.</ref>