Within
India, Buddhism gradually come to be assimilated into Hindu practice which has
let to its virtual disappearance there as a separate religion. Now the greatest
flowering of Buddhism is outside India. Buddhism, especially Zen and Vajrayana,
has flourished in the West in recent decades, and in Europe, the philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer and the work of the Theosophical Sociaty have halped to
bring about a greater awareness of Buddhism. Western followers find the Buddhist
teaching offer a particular wisdom not available in their own culture,
especially in their aspects of tolerance, non-violence and conpassin for all
being.
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Budhism
in The West