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I am a scholar of Asian religious diversity and posthuman philosophy from the Netherlands. In contemporary religion in East Asia in the time of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we see the advancement of technological forms Buddhism on a massive scale. Artificial intelligence and smartphone technology have become aids for (Chinese) Buddhists. More people than ever are now meditating using applications on their smartphone. At each moment in time, millions of people are meditating simultaneously, and their progress can be tracked in real time. On the one hand, we live in a time in which the ecological destruction of the planet is unprecedented; on the other hand, spiritual teachings, such as the teaching of the Buddha are now with technological bodies to cause an acceleration of religiosity.