[Buddha-l] Jhanas in Mahayana & Tibetan

[Carol McQuire]

> From: jkirk at spro.net
> To: buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:46:15 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Jhanas in Mahayana & Tibetan
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> ...still, there`s something that I was thinking, while I saw the
> self-ordained-one´s GWV: isn`t there some precedent for creating
> a flavor of buddhism out of the blue? Pak Chungbin´s Wonbulgyo
> comes to mind, as does the thousands of flavors of ch`an (or even
> called Zen) from Taiwan.
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> Isn`t taking one part from buddhism that someone likes and
> creating a school something normal in east asian buddhism?
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> Best regards
> 
> Federico
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> Good point, there. 
> How about the Pure Land group? 
> How about Soka Gakkai?
> 
> Joanna K.
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How about the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT)?

 

Carol McQuire