/lit/ - Literature

>>2432862
I see what you mean. However, Westerners have only been practising Buddhism for less then a century, arguably for less than fifty years. If you compare that with the long standing traditions of the East, I think it's perfectly normal that we are still trying things out, fucking things up, missing the point et cetera.

Even then, apart from the beatnik and hippie stuff there are quite some serious meditation groups and even monasteries in the West. People who take the Dharma seriously seem to be willing to put in the work and actually practice Buddhism, as opposed to a lot of the East where it often merely fulfils the role of some kind of social institution and conducts certain rituals of passage out of tradition .

While this Western enthusiasm may attract a lot of hacks and conmen, it also attracts serious teachers. I would go as far to say that the West holds the future of Buddhism, since people here are eager and interested where a lot of Asians seem to find it rather dull, being exposed to it as a bunch of old meaningless rites and rituals, not unlike the experience young Westerners have with Christianity.

>>2390052
I'm sorry yak eater, but zen buddhism is the most popular buddhism of all time