1 Western Buddhism failed mainly for lack of competent clergy. In Asia, that's monks. Monasticism can't, doesn't, won't work in the West.
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4 The Tibetan monastic establishment has tried for centuries to eradicate ngakpas—because they offer a more attractive alternative!pic.twitter.com/c94k72kZG8
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5 My teacher Ngak'chang Rinpoche, charged by his teacher with establishing the ngakpa lineage in the West, has had some success...pic.twitter.com/kGZESw8srZ
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Stop being so melodramatic. Buddhism in the West has not failed. Utter rubbish.
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Melodrama can help shake people out of complacency. But, also, I do think Western Buddhism (not same as Buddhism in the West) has failed.
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All the real yogis have been non monastic iconoclastic mold breakers.
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Seems institutional or cultural support is kiss of death or very double edged at least.
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