[Buddha-l] Can Buddhism "evolve"?

[Bob Zeuschner]

Indian Buddhism did *evolve* in China, and Japan, and Tibet.
Chinese Buddhism tried to be Indian, but ultimately it was not Indian 
Buddhism.
American Buddhists may try to identify with the traditions of their 
Ch'an, Zen, or Tantric founders, but I suspect American Buddhism will 
not be Japanese, Chinese, or Tibetan.
But it may take a a few hundred years to evolve (I hope we have a few 
hundred years).


curt wrote:
>>
> The key word (already emphasized by Chris) is "deliberately". Often 
> people who are interested in such deliberations are fond of 
> "evolutionary" metaphors ("Buddhism must evolve" - or some such 
> nonsense).