A Living, Growing, Evolving Practice

The very meaning of Buddhism is to not imitate anyone. There is nothing to imitate. Be yourself.

It's rather pointless for Americans to imitate Japanese or Tibetan or Korean Buddhist customs.

We respect the customs from other lands. We respect our Ancestors in the Practice. We respect the forms our Teachers and Ancestors have practiced, but always the Practice has to be integrated into the Present Moment.

In twenty-first century North America, it is rather ineffective to keep alive some archaic form that existed in thirteenth century Japan.