article_snippet: However, it's not always easy to combine Buddhist beliefs with the demands of modern life.
article_snippet: Others have devout parents and grandparents.
article_snippet: Christianity has also been growing in popularity in recent decades but church leaders say there has been a crackdown on Christians,  with authorities demolishing churches and removing crosses from skylines.
article_snippet: In particular, it's the Tibetan strain of Buddhism, rather than the Chan (also called Zen) tradition once popular in China, that is attracting new converts, particularly students, young professionals and businesspeople, someone else says.
article_snippet: It appears that both the chanting and the physical, spiritual practices of Tibetan Buddhism are appealing to some people," someone else added.
article_snippet: To what extent these new converts are committed to Buddhism as a religion, with Buddhism strictures and rituals, is an open question.
article_snippet: A former leader of a university Buddhism group, who didn't want to give his name, told CNN his thought CNN members were more interested in the religion as a lifestyle choice.
article_snippet: Indeed, people who identify as Buddhists do a lot of non-Buddhist spiritual things, such as believing in feng shui, consulting fortune-tellers, practicing qi gong and sampling books and practices of other religions," Yang at Purdue University says.
highlights_snippet: It's not always easy to combine Buddhist beliefs with the demands of modern life .
  