"non-sectarian" is ommitted from "an attempt at creating a new style of non-sectarian Buddhist practice".
I think this statement is popular in FWBO. They claim that their movement is "non-sectarian", which is funny given that they are a sect. It was also used to accuse traditional buddhist school of sectarianism. Funny thing is that FWBO is accused of this tendency as well.
I think non-sectarian movement should be attributed to organisation such as the World Fellowship of Buddhism, which is not a school or doctrine of buddhism.
It is confusing title. It could refere to denomination unique to the west as well as buddhism in the west. I will rename the article as "Buddhism in the West". "Western Buddhism" can be dealt in a separate section. Vapour
It seems to me this article substitutes in the modern era 'Western' for 'American'. I have had quite a few discussions of the fact that Zen seems to have been slow to get established in Britain despite its apparent compatability. Though I have no evidence, it seemed a strong hypothesis that this was to do with the Western image of Buddhism having been shaped by experience of the British Empire and Theosophy, vs the USA's image being shaped by occupation of Japan. It was noted in the discussion that Zen has been firmly established in Poland and Hungary, also parts of the West. No essential nature ( talk) 21:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
It looks like someone was in the middle of rewriting the "Buddhism and Western Culture" and "Inflow of Buddhism" sections and walked away in the middle of it. The first paragraph of the Inflow section is a mess, and looks like it should be part of the previous section. Paxsimius 19:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
This looks to me like a crackpot. Perhaps someone can check the ref to Origen. It seems highly unlikely he was talking about Buddhists. As far as I know there is no ancient Greek word for Buddhist. Peter jackson 15:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
As I noted in the relevant article, Kalila & Dimna is nothing to do with jatakas. It is a translation o the Pancatantra, a collection of fables sharing some material with the jatakas, but never presenting them as such. Which came first I don't know. Peter jackson 15:25, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I tend to agree with the anonymous editor that the "Future Prospects" section and the "Commercialisation of Buddhism" section are not so good. The "Commercialisation" section seems to present a rather one-sided view, and I am removing "Future Prospects" because it is straightforwardly commentary.— Nat Krause( Talk!· What have I done?) 22:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Some recent trends in Buddhism in the West suggest that it is rapidly degenerating. One such trend is the commercialization of Buddhism, and another is the loss of some of its extraordinary intellectual and contemplative context. If these trends dominate, Buddhism runs the danger of losing its integrity in the West and being totally assimilated into an amorphous New Age culture. [1]
being a vegetarian, being an environmentalist, and sitting on the floor cross legged while saying "Om" all while being antitheistic doesn't make you a buddhist. 199.117.69.8 ( talk) 20:36, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
a Revolt against Niceness] has to be inserted somehow.
American Buddhism Conference Has there been one of them only? http://www.buddhistethics.org/5/preb2.html, http://www.americanbuddhistcongress.org/monasticarticle.htm, http://eventful.com/denver/events/buddhist-leadership-conference-celebration-american-/E0-001-022429623-5, http://www.meetup.com/Friends-of-American-Buddhism/calendar/10601238/, http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tsomo/conferences/clairmont_conf.html,
are they really different?
Traktung Rinpoche himself is an American in this life, as I have come to know right now. [1]
I added a link to a paper / public talk by Jay Garfield, a philosophy professor at different universities, which investigates the subject matter: Buddhism in the West. -- 91.22.182.141 ( talk) 11:37, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
This section referred to a former wikisection about Sex Scandals in Buddhism that has already been removed by the Wikipedia editors. The content was not presented in a neutral format. There was clearly an assumption on the part of the author/s that any relationship between a Buddhist teacher and a student is abusive. However, consensual sexual relationships between adults are not necessarily abusive and commentary about the personal lives of Buddhist teachers in forums like Wikipedia is not always necessary. The personal lives of these teachers are already dealt with on their personal pages, it does not serve any legitimate purpose to present it on this page in a much less thorough, more biased way. -- Mekinna1 ( talk) 19:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
... most likely to occur in organisations that are in transition between the pure forms of charismatic authority that brought them into being and more rational, corporate forms of organization". [2]
... relations between individual meditation teachers and their students continue to retain inherent, and potentially disruptive, charismatic qualities". [3]
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