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Indeed, the central difference between Buddhism in America and in Asia is meditation. Though most Americans may perceive Buddhism as primarily practiced through meditation, that is certainly not the historical case. Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, says that traditionally, “meditation is usually done only by specialized people,” such as monks, nuns and yogis. These specialists typically spend much more time on meditation than most modern lay people. Myhrum recalls a funny conversation from her stay at a monastery in Taiwan, when a bemused nun asked...
...region. In these arguments, there is no clear resolution. The place of American Buddhism within the larger tradition is still in flux, and Asian Buddhism is changing with American Buddhism as well. The current situation of Buddhism in the world at large is perhaps best expressed by Gyatso, who says, “The terms and the status of Buddhism are in a state of huge shift...
Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies Janet Gyatso expects that the Dalai Lama’s comments to the Harvard community will focus on Buddhist teaching and its larger humanitarian implications, rather than the political aspects of the fight to free Tibet...
...Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso fled Tibet in 1959, when Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in the region...
...school has recruited Carrasco, from Princeton, as well as Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies Janet Gyatso and Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America Robert Orsi from other schools in the past year...