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**JasminBerkova** · 03-18-2012, 11:58 AM

I think in most aspects they are positive. Tibetan Buddhism does have a lot of baggage and a lot of things most westerns won't agree with, but I do think it has done a lot of good in spreading Buddhism to the west and for some such as former Catholics, Tibetan Buddhism is, in many superficial aspects, similar enough to prove a path they feel comfortable with.

Hi white_wolf,

This section of your comment caught my eye - how, or perhaps more accurately - in what ways, you possibly suggest it may be in superficial aspects, do you see Catholicism and Tibetan Buddhism are similar?

03-18-2012, 11:58 AM	#11
JasminBerkova Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	I think in most aspects they are positive. Tibetan Buddhism does have a lot of baggage and a lot of things most westerns won't agree with, but I do think it has done a lot of good in spreading Buddhism to the west and for some such as former Catholics, Tibetan Buddhism is, in many superficial aspects, similar enough to prove a path they feel comfortable with. Hi white_wolf, This section of your comment caught my eye - how, or perhaps more accurately - in what ways, you possibly suggest it may be in superficial aspects, do you see Catholicism and Tibetan Buddhism are similar?
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