How is Buddhism similar to modern transcendentalism?

Answer 1

I don't know much about modern transcendentalism, except that Thoreau and Cranch made a move to identify "God" in nature, sought to express this presence in their writings and art, and initiated a separation from the dogmatic pontification pervading the orthodoxy of the {hardly} reformed Church. They are at the root of the transcendentalist movement - their work informed the subsequent work of so many poets and journalists and writers and naturally the publishers and public interest followed. Have you heard of Bruce Lee? Not a Buddhist. Anyway, he pointed at the moon and his student looked at his finger and he smacked him in the head, saying, you know, "look at the moon!" So, Buddhism is similar to transcendentalism in that it seeks to point the practitioner to the omnipresent liberation existent in the natural, uncontrived wisdom-body of reality. Best wishes to you!

Answer 2

What denomination of Buddhism? Comparing say..Jodo Shinshu Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhism is like comparing Greek Orthodox Christianity to the Mormons. Delineate what type of Buddhism you are concerned with and we can talk. Unless you can familiarize yourself with the diversity of Buddhism, you will never understand it.

Answer 3

There is no similarity at all.
Buddhism doesn't allow blind faith or belief in anything that is not based on reality. Buddhism doesn't allow ideas or dreams or wishing thoughts or mystery. It only allow to know the truth. The truth is only what you can understand and achieve yourself.