DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**Ilaubuas** · 03-03-2011, 05:27 PM

.

I found a short video clip of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche talking about his aspirations for western Buddhism and about his hope that there would eventually be a melting of boundaries with all American Buddhist traditions coming together.

Ideally its a really nice thought - but I wondered how this was possible considering the lineage tulku system and strong emphasis on gurus which is present in Tibetan Buddhism but not the same in other traditions, and the sometimes quite big differences in some of the teachings and practices of the different Buddhist traditions in general.

http://www.rebelbuddha.com/2011/02/d...tern-buddhism/

03-03-2011, 05:27 PM	#6
Ilaubuas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	. I found a short video clip of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche talking about his aspirations for western Buddhism and about his hope that there would eventually be a melting of boundaries with all American Buddhist traditions coming together. Ideally its a really nice thought - but I wondered how this was possible considering the lineage tulku system and strong emphasis on gurus which is present in Tibetan Buddhism but not the same in other traditions, and the sometimes quite big differences in some of the teachings and practices of the different Buddhist traditions in general. http://www.rebelbuddha.com/2011/02/d...tern-buddhism/
	Quote