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...Although Asian Buddhists at Harvard may not participate in the campus group, which is predominantly non-Asian, there is an Asian Buddhist community at the College. In fact, according to Queen, the majority of the three to four million Buddhists practicing in America today are Asian-American...
Queen says Asian and non-Asian Buddhists have very different conceptions of spirituality. Asian-Americans and Asians in general tend to look up to monks and nuns as the living examples of Buddhism, whereas non-Asian converts "tend to want to be Buddhas themselves...
Differences between Asian and non-Asian Buddhists say linguistic and ethnic divides can be a major deterrent to Asian and non-Asian Buddhist interactions...
...Vietnamese-American Zen Buddhist who says she knows no non-Asian Buddhists at Harvard, says these are difficulties a non-Vietnamese might encounter at the Buddhist temple she goes to once a month, since services are conducted entirely in Vietnamese...
...Immigrant Asian Buddhist communities will dieout, [due to assimilation] but the convertcommunities will become inclusive enough towelcome both Asian and non-Asian members," hesaid