[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: American Buddhism beyond Imports

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

July 20, 2007

AMERICAN BUDDHISM BEYOND IMPORTS

Student: Do you think a new kind of tantric tradition might develop 
here in the West, if it's being practiced by Buddhist meditator 
artists, so that a new imagery, based on personal experience might emerge?

Chogyam Trungpa: I very much hope so. In fact, what we are doing 
right now [at Naropa Institute] is to inspire such a situation. Only 
American Buddhists, who are inspired and who have their understanding 
together, can work with the Western world. That is necessary. There 
is only so long we can live on imports. There is some point where we 
had better manufacture for ourselves rather than borrowing from 
somebody else. Otherwise, we will be in enormous debt.

 From "The Doha Tradition," talk twelve in the TIBETAN BUDDHIST 
PATH,  a seminar at Naropa Institute, July 6, 1974. Edited from an 
unpublished transcript.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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