Apparently the Buddha works at a San Francisco customer service start up. Buddhy is cultural appropriation at its most flagrant. Zendesk has taken Buddhist iconography, particularly that of Budai, and repackaged it as an integral component of their brand asset portfolio.
Zendesk has been parading their mascot around for years now. Folks who were born to a Buddhist family and still practice Buddhism β katchow is looking to chat with you for a story. Help her out? I know there are a bunch of Asian Americans who read this blog, who happen to be from Buddhist families.
I was elated to see Quincetessence and catzuella respond on Twitter. Because the last thing I want to see is an interview without voices that represent the beautiful diversity of experiences and opinions that is Buddhist Asian America. Many thanks to Katherine Rand itsalldhamma for sharing this link with me, especially so I can share this with you. I am not a Pure Land Buddhist. Heng Jung, who was the only Asian Buddhist whom Todd quoted.
You will find Pure Land Buddhism practiced alongside scholarship, meditation, recitation and much more. Online, you can read the Dharma Forest blog and watch videos of Ven. Zhi Sheng, a white Pure Land Buddhist, writes. One will have missed the point completely. If Todd had cared to sift through Tricycle and Buddhadharma online, he would have found Revs. Tai and Mark Unno , Rev.
Patti Usuki and Rev. Jeff Wilson talk about some of the very misconceptions of this Pure Land Buddhist tradition, which apparently were too enticing to avoid. There are quite a few other Jodo Shinshu perspectives online, such as Rev. Harry Bridge and Dr. While I have no doubt that there are Buddhists in Vancouver who will readily identify as Pure Land Buddhists and others who avow a yearning for rebirth in the Pure Land, for at least as many the Pure Land tradition is just one in a knapsack of Mahayana Buddhist traditions that an individual may practice.
