There is another related movement in the West that seeks to make Buddhism into something for everyone. Remember, the Buddha's original takeaway right after his awakening was that the dharma wasn't going to be understood by anyone else. He was wrong, but not by a large margin. Unfortunately, what is happening is that Buddhism is becoming watered down, often indiscriminately, to promote mass appeal. The result is something like what happens in places such as Thailand, where most people “practice Buddhism” in a way that is largely devotional and dogmatic, meaning that the Buddha is turned into an
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