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Vajrayana is not Tibetan Buddhism (and vice versa)
Originally posted on David Chapman at WordPress:
Western Buddhists commonly equate “Vajrayana” with “Tibetan Buddhism.” This is wrong for two reasons:
- Most of Vajrayana is not Tibetan
- Most of Tibetan Buddhism is not Vajrayana
This is not controversial. Every scholar, Tibetan and Western, agrees. Still, it’s a widespread confusion.
This mattersfor what Buddhism can be in the 21st century. In…