"How buddhism has been dominated by the monastic ethos of the east, and needs to be re-conceptualized from the ground up for our own cultures."
Is it our collective challenge to “reinterpret” the dharma, using our own idiom?
"In a sense, yes, but as soon as you set out to reinterpret the teachings, you risk putting a distance between yourself and the dharma. That’s a danger." Stephen Batchelor