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.
Put a different way: what do they offer that secular mindfulness does not?
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Unless there is distinctive value there, I see no future for them. So far I have not seen a clear articulation of distinctive value.
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does secular mindfulness have any notion of shunyata, and applying that to strong emotions as they arise?
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