What is Cornish Buddhism?
ā š What is Cornish Buddhism?
It started as a joke, really, when I was thinking about how we fetishise Tibetan Buddhism. You get all these Westerners dressing up in Tibetan robes and travelling to the Himalayas, when of course, the essence of Buddhism is everywhere in the universe.
The Sambhogakaya quality, the energy of enlightenment, is just as much apparent in the Rockies as it is in the Himalayas, or in the Amazon, or in the outback of Australia. And to be a Buddhist practitioner when you live in Cornwall makes sense that you embrace a Cornish Buddhism.
Clearly, Cornwall's not a Buddhist country, and so that's a drawback, because if you've lived in Tibet, where a thousand years of practitioners have charged every nook and cranny of the country with spiritual practice, then that leaves a big footprint that you can bathe in.
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In short, Alistair, when I think of Cornwall and it's amazing stone circles etc,my mind goes straight to Pagans,Druids and Wicca's, the latter even incorporating witchcraft in their worship. I find it all quite creepy but to each his own. Therefore I feel that it is high time that Cornwall was introduced to beautiful, loving,caring,compassionate Buddhism.Who better, to show the way.ā¤ļøā¤ļøš