Why do Westerners respond so strongly to Tibetan Buddhism? Is it just confusion?
I don’t know. This is something you should know. How can I know? Maybe it’s out of confusion, maybe not. Probably because it is so exciting. I notice Westerners like exciting things. So when something new comes along, then they are really excited. Real practitioners do not get overexcited. It does not work that way. You need a long time and you have to do it perfectly, not really excitingly. Something else in Western minds is that they always want something different. For example, they think Hinduism is better than Christianity, so they first become Hindus. Then, when they know Hinduism a little bit, they think, “That’s enough, maybe it is not really what I am looking for”, so then they think Buddhism is interesting. So they keep on looking. Why do you think is sectarianism so widespread among Westerners? Those people have no understanding, no knowledge. They should not do that. These are people with a busy mind who do this. Busy and naughty. Sectarianism is not necessary, because all
