2 Western Buddhism tried to substitute hobbyists with day jobs for religious professionals. No institutional support, no serious training.
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3 Ngakpas are non-monastic Vajrayana professionals. A credible model for what Western Buddhism would have needed, and failed for lack of.pic.twitter.com/ZjRx2sRgeu
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My question is whether the stuff they are teaching is relevant to the problems we face now, and will face in future.
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Put a different way: what do they offer that secular mindfulness does not?
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What percent of the attendees at events there are under 40? What influence do they have on current Bay Area cultural development?
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What do they have to say about sex-positive vs sex-negative feminism? Online vs offline? The discrediting of institutions?
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Well, again, what percent of students are under 40? What percent of *teachers* are under 50?
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I see lots of younger people at Nyingma empowerments and teachings and retreats
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Uh, *some* aspects of it could be a model for etc. Not, unfortunately, those :)
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Yes, transmogrifying into MBSR may be lasting legacy and enduring value of Western Buddhism.
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