tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656730165266532760.post1761392154917280052..comments2024-01-01T12:36:41.341-08:00Comments on Sakyadhita: Awakening Buddhist Women: Privilege and PrajnaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09922555612783967599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656730165266532760.post-19256120961235860992014-01-14T08:27:16.567-08:002014-01-14T08:27:16.567-08:00I attend a monastery that is regularly attended by...I attend a monastery that is regularly attended by white, middle-class American Buddhist converts, but during lunar celebrations is overflowing with ethnic Buddhists. All pujas and official teachings are in Tibetan. Those of us who do not speak or read Tibetan follow transliteration and translation, and there is a weekly English discussion group. I find this integration of traditional ethnic and American Buddhism to be meaningful, as I can learn from the venerable lamas, but I can also ask questions and learn from my peers. This has made me comfortable in both ethnic monasteries and American Dharma centers, and has allowed me to create a meaningful personal practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656730165266532760.post-8004862015412955362014-01-14T08:15:38.853-08:002014-01-14T08:15:38.853-08:00How do we begin to address the color boundaries? I...How do we begin to address the color boundaries? In my experience, ethnic Buddhist temples welcome people of all backgrounds. The same is not always true of Dharma centers that are primarily white. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744401134762001494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656730165266532760.post-35835179848906811682013-12-17T08:00:56.913-08:002013-12-17T08:00:56.913-08:00My observation, at least in Canada, is that many o...My observation, at least in Canada, is that many of the Buddhist temples and centres are cultural centres. The pretense is that it is a Buddhist temple, but, in fact, they are centres for people of a particular ethnic origin to meet once or twice a week. I don't have a problem with that, but though Western people may want to attend and would be very welcomed, they won't get any teaching in English. Not all temples do this, but a very large number of them do.Valeriehttp://www.georgeframpton.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com