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**enfoires** · 05-16-2011, 06:15 AM

Friends:
I really like this article:

Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

by Gil Fronsdal

from Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka, THE FACES OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA,
Chapter 9

& was wondering if anyone would like to discuss it.
b@eze
Bucky

http://www.insightmeditationcenter.o...-of-happiness/

Bucky,

Thank you for posting this. I'm interested in and generally supportive of the insight meditation movement, and thought he gave an excellent overview.

One good question he raises is whether it will prove able to outlast the baby boomers. Western Zen, to use another example, attracted plenty of interest in the 50s and 60s, but the momentum seems to have ebbed since then. Will the same thing happen with IMS? I've noticed that people in their teens and 20s who are drawn to Buddhism tend to flock towards Vajrayana. But perhaps that trend will subside too, especially if no one proves able to fill the Dalai Lama's role once he goes.

Is the history of Western Buddhism one of successive movements that attract attention among a certain generation and demographic, then vanish as circumstances and conditions change? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

He who has the youth has the future...

05-16-2011, 06:15 AM	#5
enfoires Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 527 Senior Member	Friends: I really like this article: Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Gil Fronsdal from Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka, THE FACES OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA, Chapter 9 & was wondering if anyone would like to discuss it. b@eze Bucky http://www.insightmeditationcenter.o...-of-happiness/ Bucky, Thank you for posting this. I'm interested in and generally supportive of the insight meditation movement, and thought he gave an excellent overview. One good question he raises is whether it will prove able to outlast the baby boomers. Western Zen, to use another example, attracted plenty of interest in the 50s and 60s, but the momentum seems to have ebbed since then. Will the same thing happen with IMS? I've noticed that people in their teens and 20s who are drawn to Buddhism tend to flock towards Vajrayana. But perhaps that trend will subside too, especially if no one proves able to fill the Dalai Lama's role once he goes. Is the history of Western Buddhism one of successive movements that attract attention among a certain generation and demographic, then vanish as circumstances and conditions change? I guess we'll have to wait and see. He who has the youth has the future...
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