Lots of interesting numbers in here if you are a Buddhist and business geek. It’s nearly impossible to make a living as a Buddhist meditation teacher. But @VincentHorn & @EmilyHorn (of @BuddhistGeeks) are finally doing OK.https://meta.buddhistgeeks.org/
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Replying to @Meaningness @BuddhistGeeks and
That's amazing! My dream would be to make a living as a Buddhist teacher... keep the dream alive!
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Replying to @mattnovum @BuddhistGeeks and
Every other religion takes it for granted that you need to pay clergy, one way or another. It’s a dysfunctional historical accident that American Buddhism is mostly an exception.
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Replying to @Meaningness @mattnovum and
As a member of the clergy, I agree with you. But the need for paid professional clergy is taken less for granted all the time: lots of talk for decades of the rise in bivocational ministers, etc.
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Replying to @carlgregg @mattnovum and
Yes... somewhere I’ve quoted a conservative Christian thinker (
@DouthatNYT maybe?) who pointed out that on average ministers’ remuneration has grown much less than that of other professionals over the past half century; and that, by and large, you get what you pay for.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Christianity is now also in deep trouble in America (which does not make me happy) and this is plausibly a major reason.
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