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**Zs3ZASpA** · 06-21-2010, 02:21 AM

I guess I meant in the Buddhist practice and general outlook of the present day.

I didn't have any specific approaches or traditions in mind, it was just a general question.

That might need to be broken down a bit further. For example, there are movements within Theravada, particularly within the Thai Forest tradition, that are gravitating back toward the Buddha's teachings. Some Zen sects have rejected the abhidhammic/mahayana speculations and focus on zazen practice and leave superstition aside. Other sects and movements are riding the abhidhammic/commentarial tide away form the Buddha's teachings. And then there are the tibetan religions, in which any resemblances to the teachings of the Buddha are merely superficial.

06-21-2010, 02:21 AM	#15
Zs3ZASpA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 356 Senior Member	I guess I meant in the Buddhist practice and general outlook of the present day. I didn't have any specific approaches or traditions in mind, it was just a general question. That might need to be broken down a bit further. For example, there are movements within Theravada, particularly within the Thai Forest tradition, that are gravitating back toward the Buddha's teachings. Some Zen sects have rejected the abhidhammic/mahayana speculations and focus on zazen practice and leave superstition aside. Other sects and movements are riding the abhidhammic/commentarial tide away form the Buddha's teachings. And then there are the tibetan religions, in which any resemblances to the teachings of the Buddha are merely superficial.
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