VolumefourofStudiesonHumanisticBuddhismcontainseighttranslatedarticles,
twocommentaries,twooriginalarticles,andaperspectivepieceallrelatingtohumanlife.
Humanlifeisatopicwithavastscope.ItwaschosenbecauseitiscentraltoHumanisticBuddhism.
Asseveralarticlesinthisvolumeandpreviousvolumesdiscuss,HumanisticBuddhismdevelopedasaresponsetotheperceptionthatBuddhismnolongerrelateddirectlytohumanlife.BythenineteenthcenturyinChina,Buddhismwasseentoprovidewhatcametobemainlyperfunctoryritualstobeperformeduponthedeathofafamilymember.
HumanisticBuddhismrevivedBuddhismasanintrinsicpartofdailylife.
