[Buddha-l] Re: Filtered Buddhism

[curt]

Franz Metcalf wrote:
> When I look at the enormous movement toward egalitarianism at ZCLA, 
> under the inclusive leadership of Wendy Egyoku Nakao Roshi, I can't 
> help but see an expansion of Mazumi's vision beyond the point where he 
> could, himself, go. And I can't help but think that here we are 
> beginning to see the sort of new Buddhism Sasaki and Hayes were 
> calling for.
>

For that matter, the two worst case scenarios of authoritarianism in 
Asian history, Imperial Japan and Communist China, have both been 
inspired by the importation of "western" political and economic models.


- Curt