“Western” Buddhism is mostly *modern* Buddhism (https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/the-king-of-siam-invents-western-buddhism/ …) and now going postmodern. It appeals to educated throughout Asia.
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I saw 20-something Bhutanese reading California Buddhism books (in English) in a coffee shop in Thimpu when I was there ten years ago.
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“Western Buddhism” is about to fizzle out, I think. Maybe Asians can mold its ashes into a new Buddhism relevant to their current needs!
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@Meaningness What sort of time frame do you think?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava > to survive onslaught of atomized global consumer culture1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Funny our organisation seems to be thriving at present - lots of enthusiastic 30-somethings coming along.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Not sure. Millennials are the key now - I'm not sure I've even met one :-)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Jayarava “Millennial” seems to mean same as “Gen Y”, confusingly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials …
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