“Traditional vs modern Buddhism” maybe, unconsciously, mainly means “Asians vs whites are the ultimate authorities.” https://rkpayne.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/secular-buddhism-iv-latour-and-anti-groups/#comment-929 …
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The moral panic around the very possibility of white Vajrayana teachers may be due to an intolerable ambiguity: are they modern or trad?
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Hostility to white lamas, from both Tibetans and white Buddhists, is all about questions of authority—not the content of what they teach.
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@Meaningness Authority anxiety is an ugly aspect of Buddhism with a long, long history.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava Yup. Am now reading http://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/128/143 … cited by Payne—quite interesting so far1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness I disbelieve the opening quote about naivete.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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