The Center for Pragmatic Buddhism has rituals and 'monks' which make it to look religious. I do not think this group is pragmatic.
Understand, however this group (Center for Pragmatic Buddhism) has been developing a specific "real-world" approach to Pragmatic Buddhism for the past three years with heavy endorsements. The work there is growing and provides an actual model of how Pragmatic Buddhism works in daily life; an example of Pragmatic Buddhism "in practice" is needed in this entry, rather than the one-sided ideological/cognitive-explanatory approach.
Hello Abe2008:
You removed the addition made by Baconbits001. While I agree with doing so, I believe its contents puts a question mark on how PRAGMATIC is the Center for Pragmatic Buddhism. Baconbits001’s describes rituals that cannot be considered “pragmatic”. Do you mean to say that “non-faith based” rituals are compatible with pragmatism? What is “non-faith” based rituals? What are they for? The adjective “faith-based” upfront in the article is extremely misleading. Pragmatic Buddhism has nothing to do with rituals. Please remove it. The Vipassana Meditation Centers have no statues or images of the Buddha. They talk about the concept of the “Buddha”, not the person.