To prevent gurus, Consensus Buddhism adopted what @VincentHorn calls “the meditation-industry complex,” modeled on American public schools.
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The meditation-industry complex was marginally adequate for teaching techniques, but lost most of the value of the Buddhist teaching role.
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In http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2015/05/bg-359-meditation-in-the-digital-age/ …
@VincentHorn explains some of what was lost—and is now returning. This is especially critical for Buddhist#Tantra1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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It is absolutely impossible to teach Vajrayana—Buddhist Tantra—in a classroom style, or via books. It is not about concepts for techniques.
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Vajrayana is *about* relationship, and can only be taught *through* relationship. We’re learning now that social media can facilitate that.
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@Meaningness#vajrayana is centered on relationships. Guess the Internet is facilitating the formation of more guru disciple relationships?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness As long as tradition is observed when it comes to empowerments and initiations there's no harm ?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness neither am I :) but I do find the proliferation of buddhism in social very encouraging. Do you practice?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@Meaningness if ur ever in need of spiritual inspiration, do visit http://www.tsemrinpoche.com , the personal blog of@tsemtulku0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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