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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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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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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6 ... despite constant opposition from both Tibetans and white Buddhists. The mere existence of ngakpas is *highly* political.pic.twitter.com/wI1B3bppCh
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David Chapman Retweeted Ben P. Joffe
7 A contemporary political defense of ngakpas by a prominent Tibetan, translated by
@joffe_phttps://twitter.com/joffe_p/status/869700447765905408 …David Chapman added,
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8 Overall this is very much "inside baseball," but—mainly toward the end—possibly the best available overview of what ngakpas are and do.pic.twitter.com/fN3Dkts9Lx
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Michael Roach, John Friend, Sharon Gannon, David Life. Business + charisma makes a big impression. We smell $$ here. Pious? No problem.
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My two-part take on Michael Roach: https://vividness.live/2013/07/06/getting-tantra-wrong-the-roachmcnally-fiasco/ … &https://vividness.live/2013/07/07/pussy-dripping-goddesses-with-chainsaws/ …
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Yes I read those. I liked your take on them and tantric practice.
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