“Invented traditions” (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3URF5Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00E3URF5Q&linkCode=as2&tag=aro-20&linkId=RBYN2UKWVGZYUJE3 …) are innovations disguised as ancient practices, to make risks acceptable to conservatives.
@nydwracu @asilentsky Yeah, 1800s Buddhism took from Protestantism: http://meaningness.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/protestant-buddhism/ … Although other Buddhisms have done for 2000 years